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- Date: 29 JUL 92 20:55:46 GMT
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- X-RFC822-From: "McMahon,Brian D" <MCMAHON@AC.GRIN.EDU>
- From: "McMahon,Brian D" <MCMAHON@AC.GRIN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: RFC931 support?
- Organization: The INFO-MULTINET Community
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- Quoth Don Rainwater,
-
- >> Some people (from other sites even) have been asking about support
- >> for RFC931, which provides for the authentication of a connection between
- >> [ . . . ]
-
- To which replied Ken,
-
- > We'd be happy to implement a protocol which did what RFC931 does
- >if someone could point out some value to it (other than security
- >through obscurity), and only if it weren't titled "Authentication
- >Server".
-
- Short, succinct, and to the point. Bravo. 8-)
-
- The curious (and masochistic) may find the long, unhappy rest of the story
- in recent archives of the tcp-ip list. I trust the "debate" will not spill
- over into this list.
-
- Brian McMahon (BDM13) <MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET> <MCMAHON@AC.GRIN.EDU>
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