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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: sparky!uunet!sdl!tal From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) Subject: Re: Secure netnews Message-ID: <f7@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: <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 23:15:09 GMT Lines: 19 In <f6@pilot.njin.net> limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: > Of course, that just means that forgers will only need to be a bit > more careful when crafting their forgeries for them to work. After > a few iteration of attempts, they'll have perfected their technique. At that time, someone will suggest that netnews be reimplemented from the ground up with security and authenticity as prime concerns. Tom -- There is nothing wrong with talking to yourself... I do it, and so do I! -- Tom Limoncelli -- tal@warren.mentorg.com (work) -- tal@plts.uucp (play) "Oh! I thought it was one of those useless demos of everything that a GUI builder could do." -Anonymous person watching demo of Solaris 2.0's graphical tool for managing NIS+