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From: Stefan Kuhr on 7 May 2010 03:43 Hello everyone, On 5/7/2010 4:56 AM, Hector Santos wrote: > Pavel A. wrote: > <snip> > As "Forums Newsgroups," you can download the MS NNTP Bridge > > http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums > > that will allow you to continue to use your favorite desktop news reader > to access the Microsoft Forums Newsgroups. > > It actually works pretty well. Not all the old newsgroup "names" are > available in the MS forums. There is the kernel one: > Down anyone have more insight as to how the nntp bridge works with regards to authenticating the user? I wonder how it deals with my live ID user name and password and whether it is safe to use it with the same live ID credentials that I use to access my technet plus subscription or msdn subscriber downloads, or if this might reveal my credentials to wiretappers. All information it exposes in its UI is that it obviously accesses http://social.microsoft.com/ForumsServicePreview/ForumsService.svc. Note that this is an http URL, not https. -- Stefan
From: Jochen Kalmbach [MVP] on 7 May 2010 04:44 Hi Stefan! > Down anyone have more insight as to how the nntp bridge works with > regards to authenticating the user? It uses the offical documented live ID SKD: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404787.aspx http://dev.live.com/liveid/ Here is a code sample: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676891.aspx IMHO it is very secure... and not -- Greetings Jochen My blog about Win32 and .NET http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/
From: Barb Bowman on 7 May 2010 05:22 Forte Agent works just OK with the NNTP bridge but there is a problem with sync as well. On Fri, 07 May 2010 01:12:35 -0400, Lem <lemp40(a)unknownhost> wrote: >I wouldn't go so far as to say that the nntp bridge "works pretty well." >At least on T'Bird 2.x, the headers and bodies occasionally become >unsynced and the unread message indicator is unreliable. Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.digitalmediaphile.com http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
From: Barb Bowman on 7 May 2010 05:24 Most US ISPs no longer offer NNTP servers and for the most part, the ones that are available are $ subscription based. The folks needing help will never FIND the free servers that are out there so we would be talking amongst ourselves. On Fri, 07 May 2010 08:55:25 +0200, "Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]" <nospam-news(a)kalmbach-software.de> wrote: >Why not just stay here? Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.digitalmediaphile.com http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
From: Hector Santos on 7 May 2010 09:34
Yes, I did noticed that, and AFAICT, the REST requests are all HTTP. Note: the correct url is: http://services.social.microsoft.com/forumsServicePreview/ForumsService.svc This is a primitive 3rd party program. The author seems to be new at communications requirements. It uses the Live ID Framework Client SDK for this. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404791.aspx And it comes with a C# example illustrating the authentication. For me, since my live id account is a junk account anyway, I don't worry about it - although they are beginning to force me to use it more now. -- HLS Stefan Kuhr wrote: > Hello everyone, > > On 5/7/2010 4:56 AM, Hector Santos wrote: >> Pavel A. wrote: >> <snip> >> As "Forums Newsgroups," you can download the MS NNTP Bridge >> >> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums >> >> that will allow you to continue to use your favorite desktop news reader >> to access the Microsoft Forums Newsgroups. >> >> It actually works pretty well. Not all the old newsgroup "names" are >> available in the MS forums. There is the kernel one: >> > > Down anyone have more insight as to how the nntp bridge works with > regards to authenticating the user? I wonder how it deals with my live > ID user name and password and whether it is safe to use it with the same > live ID credentials that I use to access my technet plus subscription or > msdn subscriber downloads, or if this might reveal my credentials to > wiretappers. All information it exposes in its UI is that it obviously > accesses > http://social.microsoft.com/ForumsServicePreview/ForumsService.svc. Note > that this is an http URL, not https. > |