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Re: Message awaiting authentication
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:13:53 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Don Heyse wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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
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> Thanks for the link. I like this part, "I'd like to revisit this in
> a month or two... --Todd"
Todd Months aren't always under 31 days each.
> So maybe this is a valid topic for discussion.
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. Can standard NNTP clients be coerced into
adding additional header tags or something?
> 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.
Oh relax... Heck, probably we all could be faulted for not doing the search
needed. Thanks JB for dredging.
> 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?
Like a straw man but much easier to knock down.
> Besides, I think Larry really just wants RM back...
That smarts, Don. I even wished you a happy T-day back and everything. ... :-)
"Want RM back?"... but really, no.
++Lar (back from gorging, trying to shake off tryptophan)
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Been a bit too busy to reply to this, but... Once again you're selfishly thinking about the client side. No! No! No! While you could run this sort of thing on the client, the right place is on the lugnet server. Now I don't have much (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
| | | Re: Message awaiting authentication
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Hp1Cn5.IBp@lugnet.com... (...) how a (...) I'm It's called "Secure Password Authentication". It's supported by Microsoft clients at least. Solving this authentication problem for 97% (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Message awaiting authentication
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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