NNTP

Also see: Protocol | Usenet | TCP.

Acronym: Network News Transfer Protocol

The protocol used to upload or download a Usenet post. Replaced UUCP. Used in both server-server as well as client-server connections.

The standard port for NNTP servers is 119/tcp (“nntp”). The standard port for NNTP over SSL is 563/tcp or 563/udp (“snntp” aka “nntps”)

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Related

• RFC 977 – Network News Transfer Protocol: A proposed standard for the stream-based transmission of news (from 1986).
• RFC 1036 – Format of Usenet messages.
• RFC 2980 – Common NNTP extensions.

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