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(...) It's that second part that's tricky. The first part doesn't help, because once logged in as anybody, you can post as anybody else. (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Todd, I just wanted to thank you publicly for doing this. I know its not perfect but I personally would rather live with a little inconvenience then have to deal with people stealing identities. Fortunately for me I am a member that uses the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) A followup thought to this - provide a "confirm my posts" link to the web interface when you are logged on. This would allow use of NNTP to post (I much prefer it due to a variety of interface issues, including size of the area to type the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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"LUGNET Admin" <todd@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:GF4HrG.C3I@lugnet.com... (...) In that case I like Horst's idea of being able to list all posts for a user on a single page and being able to tick the ones to post, tick the ones to delete, and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) A public news server that I use allows people to connect and read messages freely, but requires a username/password to post, so it shouldn't be unfeasible to do that here. You'd still need to do some additional checking to ensure the username (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I was wondering about that, but how do you avoid things like bad vacation programs or other auto-responders, or people who just hit Reply and scream back some curses? :) I suppose it could work if you had to reply AND put, say, an 'x' into a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) This was talked about a couple weeks ago already, actually, and I don't really think it's a workable option, unfortunately. -- Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com> (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) As far as I'm aware, zero. NNTP doesn't do authentication -- it does authorization. That is, if you're authorized to post to the server (after giving your username/password), you can still forge messages in anyone's name. Some server hacks (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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First of all, thanks for putting in a quick fix. This should defenitly work, now we just need to figure out a way to make it easier :) In lugnet.admin.nntp, Horst Lehner writes: \>Also, PGP encryption could potentially be used to offer a totally (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Good work, Todd. As I use the web interface this doesn't affect me much at all. I understand the issues raised by some who do not use the web interface, and I'm sure you'll work with them as much as possible/feasible to address their concerns, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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"Horst Lehner" <Horst_Lehner@mausnet.de> wrote in message news:B7539131.54B6%H...snet.de... (...) be (...) I saw your post, and I like the idea of using digital signatures, but it's not practical for everyone, esp. if their news reader does support (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Hello again, just a few seconds ago, I sent my suggestions on how authentication could be made most convenient, but I obviously missed the most integrated and straightforward idea: (...) So, thanks, Daniel, for bringing this up. I would strongly (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Hello Todd, hello everybody, I can understand your rationale behind authentication, but find it annoying to frequently have to use a web interface for authentication. Therefore, this posting concentrates on implementation details, which could (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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"LUGNET Admin" <todd@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:GF40AG.31A@lugnet.com... (...) send (...) This (...) message (...) and (...) What percentage of the news readers allow the use of authenticated NNTP? I know OE does, you simply supply a login (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Yippee!! Does this mean we'll be able to search messages by poster in the future??? Regards ROSCO PS: I'll be e-mailing you separately about the authentication stuff. (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Excellent action Todd, and thank you for the time and effort you have put into this. Please know that it is appreciated. Matt (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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The Quick Summary ===...=== Effectively immediately, all LUGNET News posts now require e-mail authentication after posting, in order to prevent the continuance of forged messages. An exception to this rule is if you are a member and signed-in (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.handyboard, lugnet.cad) !!
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I'd also read and post to it, I'm sure. However, I don't know if we'd need separate newsgroups for sculpture and mosaics. To me, a mosaic is simply a 2 dimensional sculpture :) Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I'd post to it and read it... it might also incorporate mosaics (though there could be another lugnet.build.mosaic group, I suppose). eric (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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