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In <f10@Warren.MENTORG.COM> tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes:

> And, since all Usenet flame wars ultimately evolve to a prediction of
> The End Of The Net or a comparison to Hitler, we can concluded that
> this flame has reached its ultimate status.  And therefore, it has
> reached its natural conclusion.

But Tom forgot that flame wars never end on Usenet.  In fact, this
would be about the time that Peter da Silva would chime in with
a bit of truth like:

"Then do it. Design and implement secure news. Since TCP isn't entirely
secure, you'll have to add some authentication protocol on top of that.
Since UUCP is spoofable, you'll need to use it there as well. It's not
going to be easy.
 
"If it works we'll all switch over. If it doesn't we'll have learned
something.
 
"But you can't get there from here."

Doesn't that sound just like him?


Tom
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