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authorzuntum <zuntum@pkgsrc.org>2001-10-31 20:59:00 +0000
committerzuntum <zuntum@pkgsrc.org>2001-10-31 20:59:00 +0000
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+NNTPCache is Squid for news (plus lots more).
+
+NNTPCache (very efficiently, using shared memory, COW, mmaps, etc)
+executes on the localhost pretending to be an NNRP news reading
+server. In fact, what it does is pass certain NNTP commands through
+to real (remote and possibly local) news-servers based on various
+pattern matching rules. nntpcache then takes the output from those
+servers and caches & indexes it in funky ways (much specific case
+magic goes into this). The next time such information is asked
+for, or other information which can be logically inferred from the
+previously collated information, it is sent directly from the cache,
+without consulting the remote servers. NNTPCache can transparently
+merge multiple servers, (permiting local newsgroups with remote
+NNTP feeds), filter articles, xovers, and headers based on weighted
+regular expressions, and has built in NoCem/PGP (anti-spam) support
+(see www.nntpcache.org or www.nocem.org for details). NNTPcache
+also supports a wide variety of authentication types, including
+LDAP, /etc/{passwd,shadow}, generic unixpipe and RADIUS.