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RFC 4642
Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP),October 2006
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updated by:
- RFC 8143,RFC 8996
- Authors:
- K. Murchison
J. Vinocur
C. Newman - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- nntpext (app)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4642
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Abstract
This memo defines an extension to the Network News TransferProtocol (NNTP) that allows an NNTP client and server to use TransportLayer Security (TLS). The primary goal is to provide encryptionfor single-link confidentiality purposes, but data integrity,(optional) certificate-based peer entity authentication, and(optional) data compression are also possible. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.