ietf-nntp Re: Last major open issue (48x return codes)

[Ken Murchison]

Russ Allbery wrote:

> 
> Well, I knew about MODE READER and about authentication from the
> beginning.  Authentication is just a solved problem; you need to return
> 480.  I just assumed everyone knew that.
> 
> The privacy angle *is* new, which is why we did develop a generic solution
> to that problem, namely reserving the 48x response block for "need to
> negotiate security features."

Isn't 483 already in use for STARTTLS implementations (as documented by 
Jeff), or is INN the only one?

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