TABLE OF CONTENTS The Windows 2003 Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) component enables you to create news servers to host newsgroups or discussion groups. If you decide to enable this component, be sure you follow the security guidelines and procedures outlined in this chapter to protect your NNTP virtual server.
Configuring NNTP Virtual Servers
Managing NNTP Newsgroups
Securing NNTP Newsgroups
Enabling and Securing NNTP Access Log Files
By the end of this chapter you will have learned different ways to secure your NNTP newsgroups and manage newsgroups effectively. You will also be able to secure NNTP connections between your users and the NNTP virtual server.
NNTP is the protocol for distributing, posting and reading news messages between news servers and clients. NNTP gives you the ability to host online discussion groups, allowing users to collaborate and participate in discussions about different interest topics. By default, this component is not installed with IIS 6.0 because IIS 6.0 is shipped in a default locked-down mode. For details on how to install the NNTP component, refer to Chapter 3.
IIS includes an NNTP service, with which you can create newsgroups and host discussion groups on a server. By using any standard news reader client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express), users in your organization can read articles from others who have similar interests, post articles to other users, and participate in conversation threads.
The IIS 6.0 NNTP service introduces the newfeed service, which sends articles to...
