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Re: ietf-nntp AUTHINFO GENERIC (no args) proposal

Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org> Wed, 11 December 1996 04:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: ietf-nntp AUTHINFO GENERIC (no args) proposal
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In the original INN design, I suggested 'AUTHINFO GENERIC mechanism'
so that AUTHINFO could have new subcommands and not get them confused
with possible new security mechanisms, so AUTHINFO LIST could be
done, e.g.

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