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Diffstat (limited to 'news/nntpcache/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | news/nntpcache/pkg-descr | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/news/nntpcache/pkg-descr b/news/nntpcache/pkg-descr index 5680911b7222..3cce70ed2523 100644 --- a/news/nntpcache/pkg-descr +++ b/news/nntpcache/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ -nntpcache (very 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 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/www.nocem.org for details). |