Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2764] www.netrek.org down for Y2K upgrades

[Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>]

On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 07:23:28PM -0500, Dave Ahn wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 06:17:06PM -0600, sheldon wrote:
> > 
> > Well, now you've been mentioned on...
> > 
> > http://lwn.net/daily/
> 
> Woah.
> 
> >  Considering this publicity, I would say a good time to try to promot Netrek
> > on freshmeat, slashdot, etc. would be in the next week or so.
> 
> All this talk of authentication begs the question, do we want to revisit
> the topic of the current RSA scheme?  I remember a while back where we
> were thinking about a slightly more robust system.

Unless it will be more transparent than the current system, it's a waste
of time; the current system is already too cumbersome for server gods to
implement (which is why it's implemented on only one active server). 
 -Tom