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Re: A possible enhancement idea
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Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:32:38 GMT
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On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:24:52AM +0000, Horst Lehner wrote:
I've got an offer to help with a PGP implementation too -- which would/could
help a lot for both NNTP(news) and SMTP(email) users, although then an
additional support issue arises of maintaining a database of valid PGP keys.

I like this one even better, as you probably know. I can see the support
issue, which probably takes additional effort to solve in an automated way.
After all, it is essential to be able to switch ones public key from time to
time, or when it is suspected that the private key has been exposed. Now,
how can this be done automatically, yet secure? Not an easy one. On the
other hand, since this has to be done far less frequently than news posting,
it could be a bit more work, and potentially require using a web interface.

I agree that the web interface would be best for this.  We're not trying
to replace it completely, just to remove it as a step from each posting.
If people had to fire up the browser whenever their key changes, I really
don't think anyone would complain.

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Hello Todd, thanks for outlining a bit of your current thinking: (...) One additional thought for that: Would it be necessary to show the full article? For me, just the title and the first and last few lines would be enough to know whether or not it (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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