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Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 02:20:22 GMT
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 02:12:42AM +0000, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.nntp, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > This is really annoying and is impacting my posting frequency.
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> > Since I use a cable modem, I'm always posting from the same IP address. Is
> > there any way to enter an IP address as "authorized" to be myself?
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> What Dan said, plus I think IP addresses could be spoofed...
IP addresses can easily be spoofed, as long as you don't need an interactive
session... as in, if I just need to send an HTTP POST, and don't need to
read the reply, I can spoof the source ip with no problem.
:/
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Dan Boger / dan@peeron.com / www.peeron.com / ICQ: 1130750
<set:456_1>: Spirit of St. Louis (LEGO/LEGOLAND/Large Vehicle), '77
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