Re: Secure netnews

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From: Tom Limoncelli
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:14

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In <9208182108.AA09132@news.cis.ohio-state.edu> Marc.Ringuette@daisy.learning.cs.cmu.edu (Marc_Ringuette) writes:

> Later in the article, I sketch out how to implement a secure newsgroup
> on top of a few insecure usenet newsgroups.  I'm serious -- this could
> be a useful and interesting hack!

I really hate when people post saying that netnews needs to be
re-written.

Tom
--
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I do it, and so do I!
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Tom Limoncelli -- tal@warren.mentorg.com (work) -- tal@plts.uucp (play)
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sdl!tal
From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
Subject: Re: Secure netnews
Message-ID: <f1@Warren.MENTORG.COM>
Summary: Oh nothing important.  I just have this Perl script that I use to generate this stream of posts whenever someone posts the silly suggestion that netnews could be made secure.
Keywords: silly automated
Sender: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
Organization: Mentor Graphics - IC Group
References: <9208182108.AA09132@news.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:14:09 GMT
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