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Article #881Re: Secure netnews
From: Tom Limoncelli
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:15
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:15
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In <f8@drew.drew.edu> tlimonce@drew.drew.edu (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
> [...] Claims
> such as "if netnews isn't secure, it just doesn't have a future" will
> be made.
This kind of remark always blows my mind. The net right now works
so well that tiny flashes of problems (like the recent cancel monger)
are worth it. Netnews is supposed to be fun, and if it's not fun
it might as well end.
Tom
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sdl!tal From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Subject: Re: Secure netnews Message-ID: <f9@pilot.njin.net> 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: New Jersey Intercampus Network References: <f8@drew.drew.edu> <f7@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <f6@pilot.njin.net> <f5@drew.drew.edu> <f4@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <f3@pilot.njin.net> <f2@drew.drew.edu> <f1@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <9208182108.AA09132@news.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:15:27 GMT Lines: 20