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

Jack De Winter <jack@wildbear.on.ca> Thu, 19 December 1996 19:13 UTC

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To: Brian Hernacki <bhern@netscape.com>, Nat Ballou <NatBa@microsoft.com>
From: Jack De Winter <jack@wildbear.on.ca>
Subject: Re: ietf-nntp My notes from the NNTP WG meeting at the 37th IETF
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>As far as protocol goes, Netscape News Server will accept an AUTHINFO
>USER, return a "381 PASS required", but still allow you to enter other
>commands without having entered AUTHINFO PASS. It does not however, use
>the USER information (even for readership stats) unless a password has
>been provided to prove identity.

So, I guess then, if we can find one other server like that, we could
argue that it should go into the 977bis draft to allow other commands
but not to act on the 'verified' user until the use is indeed verified
with the AUTHINFO PASS command?

regards,
Jack
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