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  Re: E-mail authentication during posting
 
Hello Ross, hello everybody, (...) Can one of you set me straight: I assume the attacker has no access to my email account. How could he, then, automate an email reply I have to send in order to make my post valid? As for a minimum amount of (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
(...) Maybe we should take this offline to dig in further on cracking but I see this as really hard to crack. If you have some ideas on how to crack it, I suggest you send them directly to Todd so he can see if there's some angle he overlooked. I (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
(...) 8?) But life will be miserable if the earthquake hits with little or no warning. (...) So in other words, one annoying person has effectively forced many others to put up with an unnecessary (until now) inconvenience. I also use the web, and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
(...) It was hurricane season so a seawall was what was needed. If and when there is an earthquake likely that would be the time to do things to earthquake proof. (...) They should consider switching to the web mechanism or putting up with the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
(...) I hate to say it, but... me too. I was very happy to see Todd put the new security features in place. Obviously no change will please everyone, but I think some action had to be taken. Thanks, Todd! -Marc Nelson Jr. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)


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