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Subject: 
Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:44:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Jake McKee writes:
In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.admin.nntp, Brad Hamilton writes:
This is really annoying and is impacting my posting frequency.

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?

Not currently, no.

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.

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



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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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