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Article #229Re: Using news for internal communications
From: Nick Szabo
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 01:20
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 01:20
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Thanks everybody for the comments. Several have pointed out the lack of security in news. IMHO this may be a feature, not a bug. E-mail aliases are automatically secret: users must request explicit access, even though for most information security beyond the scope of "employee or not" is not necessary and can be harmful to the flow of information. Too many different mail aliases or access lists become unweildy and could lead to the splintering of the organization into fiefdoms. This last is just conjecture. Has anybody had a long enough experience with e-mail to see such things happen? Could using news instead of e-mail aliases prevent this? Nick Szabo
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!limbo!taylor From: szabo%sequent.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET (Nick Szabo) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: Using news for internal communications Message-ID: <1541@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Date: 14 Dec 90 01:20:21 GMT Sender: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc Lines: 13 Approved: taylor@Limbo.Intuitive.Com