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Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:41:30 GMT
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message
news:20010621072509.E6103@peeron.com...
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:37:52AM +0000, Daniel Crichton wrote:
> >
> > "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message
> > news:20010620120544.B4278@peeron.com...
> > > this has been brought up before... however, NNTP authentication only • makes
> > > sure you are allowed to log in to the server, it doesn't enforce you • not
> > > posting as anyone else....
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> > So why not have the NNTP server check the id and password against the • name
> > and email address in the message and if they don't match either refuse • the
> > message or switch to email authentication?
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> that would be a good option, if it was possible. From my (limited)
> understanding of NNTP servers, once they authorize you to post, they do
> not do any more checks. Being open-source, of course, means we could
> potentially modify the server to do just that, but that might mean quite
> a bit of work... I believe Todd has mentioned that option, but is trying
> to find other ways first...
Todd must have already modified the server to handle checking the sender
name and email address against those registered on the server - when you
first post using NNTP the message doesn't appear for a while as you have to
reply to the email sent to prove it's your email address, and from then on
the 2 parts are checked - that's why some people have problems if they
change their name in their software.
Dan
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| (...) that would be a good option, if it was possible. From my (limited) understanding of NNTP servers, once they authorize you to post, they do not do any more checks. Being open-source, of course, means we could potentially modify the server to do (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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