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Re: Message awaiting authentication
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003 23:39:40 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, James Brown wrote:
> Replying to this, because I haven't actually seen anyone bring up one
> of Todd's original reasons(1):
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> NNTP authentication does not prevent spoofing your ID for any given
> message, it just allows or prevents access to the server. Some
> [expletive deleted] person who was spoofing ID's (via NNTP, if I recall,
> but I might be mistaken) is the reason authentication became necessary
> in the first place. Lugnet operated on a trust system until that trust
> was violated. Sucks for the rest of us, but there ya go.
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> James
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> 1: http://news.lugnet.com/admin/suggestions/?n=642
> ...top hit in a search of the admin newsgroups for "Lehman password
> NNTP", BTW
Thanks for the link. I like this part, "I'd like to revisit this in
a month or two... --Todd"
So maybe this is a valid topic for discussion.
Anyhow, I don't know why I didn't just do the search myself. Laziness
I suppose. I'm sorry, I swear I'll never do it again. Does that get
me off the hook so I don't have to step into .debate with Larry? My
vocabulary just isn't up to that. I mean, what the heck is a straw
dog, anyways? Besides, I think Larry really just wants RM back...
Don
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| (...) Todd Months aren't always under 31 days each. (...) Nobody said it wasn't! Rereading what Todd said in that post I don't see how a standard NNTP client would necessarily supply the authentication stuff so I'm not sure I see how it would help. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Message awaiting authentication
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| (...) Replying to this, because I haven't actually seen anyone bring up one of Todd's original reasons(1): NNTP authentication does not prevent spoofing your ID for any given message, it just allows or prevents access to the server. Some [expletive (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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