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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 22:18:42 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.
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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.
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> Personally, I am not a big fan of doing anything IP based.
I'm not either -- at least not as something that can be relied upon for
everyone.
> 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.
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 X-Forwarded-For header, and that's assuming it's even there in the first
place. But it's a great extra way to weed things _out_...just dangerous to
let things _in_ based on an IP match. :-)
--
Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com>
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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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