* Paul Johnson (baloo@ursine.dyndns.org) [021230 16:57]: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 12:16:26AM +0000, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > what newsreaders support ssl nntp servers? i'm currently using slrn, but > > it's a bit irritating for me. > > Just curious, but why would you want to encrypt something that's going > to be public after the first hop anyway? Some news servers require authentication via username/password, which is often the same username/password used to authenticate to the ISP and its POP server. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." --President Thomas Jefferson.
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