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Re: Message awaiting authentication
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Fri, 30 Jan 2004 03:40:23 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> 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
It's called "Secure Password Authentication". It's supported by Microsoft
clients at least.
Solving this authentication problem for 97% of the computer users in the
world would be more than a small step forward in my book.
SOURCE: http://www.onestat.com/html/aboutus_pressbox24.html
> not sure I see how it would help. Can standard NNTP clients be coerced • into
> adding additional header tags or something?
The NNTP server could add the header info when a user is logged in. You
don't want to do it client side because then that could be forged. Not very
good authentication that way.
There is also a third way using S/MIME which once again, probably 85% of you
already have it on your PC and just don't use it. It allows you to post to
any newsgroup (that accepts attatchments) with a PKI encrypted digital ID
that verifies who you are.
You can learn more about that here: http://www.marknoble.com/tutorial/smime/
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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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