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diff --git a/net/whoson/DESCR b/net/whoson/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9d1f97f42e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/whoson/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Whoson ("WHO iS ONline") is a proposed Internet protocol that allows +Internet server programs know if a particular (dynamically allocated) +IP address is currently allocated to a known (trusted) user and, +optionally, the identity of the said user. + +The protocol could be used by an SMTP Message Transfer System in +conjunction with anti-spam-relaying filters to implement a scheme +similar to the one described here to allow roaming customers use +their "home" SMTP server to submit email while connected from a +"foreign" network. |