On 3/25/2016 10:05 AM, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
No, there is another shortcoming of NNTP that is innate: it doesn't require an account / authentication, anyone can post without registering, emails accounts can be spoofed, etc.
It's actually pretty easy to add a field with a crypto hash in it, and have the NNTP server reject postings without the hash, and then supply the hash only with validated account creation.
There's a scheme out there that does something like this for PGP key signing.
You might argue that this is not a shortcoming, and ok, that's subjective. It is a shortcoming for me.
I agree that it is subjective. As far as the D forums go, I think it's a feature that people can post without setting up an account. In today's panopticon, it's nice to have a few islands here and there where people can express an honest opinion without being tracked, cataloged, data-mined, etc.
Sure, we get a few drive-by rogue and spam postings, but it's small enough to be manageable.
(I have HUNDREDS of accounts here and there. It's just tiresome to set up a new one every time I visit a new site.)
