On 05/19/2002 2:56 AM, Simon Waldman Enlightened Us With The Following Comment: > Jay Garcia wrote: >> On 05/18/2002 5:47 AM, Manfred Usselmann Enlightened Us With The >> Following Comment: >> >>>Btw, what is the advantage of using ssl for news group access? >>> >>>Manfred >> >> >> The main advantage is Security, not being fed to USENET, no ARCHIVING by >> outside sources and protection of your REAL email address from SpamBOTS. >> > > erm, why are any of these improved by SSL, given that anybody can > connect and read the articles posted provided they do so with SSL? > > Now the fact that it's a private server and not part of usenet, that I > can appreciate... oh well, just curious as to why the SSL. >
One reason is that archive bots and spam bots are not sophisticated enough yet to be SSL capable .... yet ... :-( -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
