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 Transfer Protocol (NNTP) that allows an NNTP client and server to use Transport Layer Security (TLS). The primary goal is to provide encryption for 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 of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.