Re: Can my ISP see my NNTP traffic?

From: Frank Slootweg (this_at_ddress.is.invalid)
Date: 06/12/04 

Date: 12 Jun 2004 10:30:44 GMT

Homer.Simpson <Homer.Simpson@springfieldbb.com.invalid> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg said
> > Dystopia <dystopia@eutopia.po> wrote:
> >> ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.computer.security.]
> >> * On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:07:55 GMT, Lassi Hippel?inen wrote:
> >> >
> >> > It is quite regular to check the newsgroups before recruiting
> >> > people. A good way of finding out what kind of candidates you have.
> >>
> >> Yeah a good reason to use pseudonyms and X-No-Archive. What I do in
> >> my spare time is no ones business.
> >
> > As long as you realize that Google (Groups) is about the *only*
> > archive which honors "X-No-Archive: Yes".
> >
> > Case in point:
> > http://www.myispforum.com/showpost.php?p=18700&postcount=10
> >
> > (besides this one, I found your post in three other archives)
>
> Can you provide info (URL's) to other archives like this, that archive
> newsgroups?

  (AFAIK,) Google Groups is the only (freely available) *general*
newsgroup archive, but there are many, many, other archives, which do
archive only selective hierarchies or groups, have shorter retention
times, etc., so your (general) question can not be answered.

  However that is not the point. The point is that, for all intents and
purposes, "X-No-Archive: Yes" does not work. Only if you want people to
not *easily* find *your* postings (i.e. *not* postings which *quote*
(part of) your postings) then you can use "X-No-Archive: Yes".
Personally I can't think of any real reason for wanting that.

  FWIW, I have encountered several strong proponents of "X-No-Archive:
Yes" who were convinced that it worked. Each time I could (easily) prove
them wrong.

Frank "'X-No-Archive: Yes', just say no!" :-) Slootweg

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