Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!snark!eric From: eric@snark.UUCP (Eric S. Raymond) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: private newsgroups Summary: Same way they do elsewhere! Message-ID: Date: 25 Jul 88 14:10:03 GMT References: <657@cbnews.att.com> <2333@rtech.rtech.com> Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikahood Of Eris Esoteric Lines: 11 In article <2333@rtech.rtech.com>, daveb@llama.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes: > How will these 3.0 security features work in an nntp environment? This > may be an unsolvable problem, but it seems worth mentioning. The security checks are implemented way above the level that 3.0 talks to NNTP. The only difference NNTP makes (from a security point of view) is that the database files aren't actually locally present to be snooped on. -- Eric S. Raymond (the mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews) UUCP: ..!{uunet,att,rutgers!vu-vlsi}!snark!eric Smail: eric@snark.UUCP Post: 22 South Warren Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 Phone: (215)-296-5718