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Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
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lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 00:13:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.admin.nntp, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> > Because it still allows an unauthorized person to post to LUGNET.
> > The point wasn't to protect people who didn't want to be cloned. It
> > was to keep out people who weren't authorized to post. In our most
> > famous case, we have a person who had been banned from LUGNET, but
> > continued to post here, disrupting things, attacking other users,
> > and making outright threats. If authentication were optional that
> > person could continue to post.
>
> Right. And it's not isolated--ask any of the few people who
> actually frequent the entire server, and they'll tell you.
> Best not to wait for a full-blown hurricane before installing
> seawalls.
But a seawall's not gonna help you against an earthquake...
> Anyways, I'm happy about the development. The circumstances
> of its implementation are less than pleasant, but it's no big
> hassle and a welcome sense of security. (And another reason to
> register--log in and authentication isn't necessary!)
...if you use the web to post. Most of the people complaining use email or a
newsreader to post, for which there's no way to "log on".
ROSCO
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