ietf-nntp My notes from the NNTP WG meeting at the 37thIETF
Brian Hernacki
bhern at netscape.com
Fri Dec 20 12:27:04 PST 1996
Chris Lewis wrote:
> Particularly with the AUTHINFO GENERIC specification, the protocol is
> perfectly capable of allowing a user to see some groups, then see a
> different group (usually a superset) after authentication. The generic
> authenticators sin both INN and NNTP reference return a list of groups
> the user is allowed to use.
>
> Brian? Does the Netscape server or browser support GENERIC?
The Netscape server does not currently (2.x) support AUTHINFO GENERIC.
I'll check on the client.
--brian
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