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Re: ietf-nntp My notes from the NNTP WG meeting at the 37thIETF

Brian Hernacki <bhern@netscape.com> Sat, 21 December 1996 06:08 UTC

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Chris Lewis wrote:
> Particularly with the AUTHINFO GENERIC specification, the protocol is
> perfectly capable of allowing a user to see some groups, then see a
> different group (usually a superset) after authentication.  The generic
> authenticators sin both INN and NNTP reference return a list of groups
> the user is allowed to use.
> 
> Brian?  Does the Netscape server or browser support GENERIC?

The Netscape server does not currently (2.x) support AUTHINFO GENERIC.
I'll check on the client.

--brian

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