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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 02:24:53 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:
> 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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> Not currently, no.
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> Let me think about IP-based authentication for a while.
Personally, I am not a big fan of doing anything IP based. There are far too
many problems. AOL dials, multiple computers (I regularly use three myself)
and many other issues have made me decide against this method time and time
again.
<END $.02>
Jake
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Jake McKee
AFOl
LUGNET Member #211
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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| (...) Not to mention the fact that many businesses and ISP's (Roadrunner for one) use DHCP so peoples IP's can and do change from day to day. I agree with Jake in his view that IP based authentication just won't work. Eric Kingsley (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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| (...) I'm not either -- at least not as something that can be relied upon for everyone. (...) Ya, it's fine for short-term login things when mixed with a password, but HTTP proxy servers really complicate the equation. Basically you can't trust the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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| (...) Not currently, no. Let me think about IP-based authentication for a while. (...) This I can definitely do, but it will have to be at least somewhat interactive so that someone doesn't accidentally cause a message to get posted simply by (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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