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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:08:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
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Subject: Re: Secure Newsreader
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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Patrick Gardella wrote:

> Since I can't look anything up in the archives, I thought I would ask it here.
> 
> I need a newsreader to access a protected news feed.  I was using knews until
> the server started requiring username and passwords.

I remember knews dinging me for a username and password when I accessed a
authenticated server here at the UO.

Are they using some wacky form of authentication?  (Kerberos?)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major