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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    NNTPCACHE-0.87.9 (fast nntp cache/proxy)
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1996-06-02 8:06:58
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		       NNTPCACHE 0.87.9UL (BETA #2)
		      (nntpcache-users@nntpcache.org)
[...]

Theory of operation:

nntpcache (efficiently) 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 also act selectively as an intelligent firewall NNTP
application proxy and supports full RFC931/ident & source address
and newsgroup access controls with quite a reasonable degree of
granularity.

Presently nntpcache caches the active, active.times, newsgroups and
overview.fmt files, article, head, body, group, listgroup,
xover and xhdr commands. nntpcache cross-posts seeds its cache and also
maintains a database of message-id -> group/article_number tuples.

[...]


Archive:
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 may be the most  oppressive.  It may be better to live under  robber barons  
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 torment us for own good  will torment us  without end,  for they do so with 
 the approval of their own conscience."    -   C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ 
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