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diff --git a/news/nntpcache/DESCR b/news/nntpcache/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ead95a1f712 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/nntpcache/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +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. |