Network News Transport Protocol (nntp) Charter Chair(s): Eliot Lear Applications Area Director(s) Brewster Kahle Erik Huizer Mailing lists: General Discussion:ietf-nntp@turbo.bio.net To Subscribe: ietf-nntp-request@turbo.bio.net Archive: Description of Working Group: This Group will study and review the issues involved with netnews transport over the Internet. Originally released as an RFC in February of 1986, NNTP is one of the widest implementations of an elective status protocol. As of this writing, the protocol has just passed its fifth birthday, not having been updated once. Over the years several enhancements have been suggested, and several have even been implemented widely. The intent of this Working Group will be to encode the more popular and plausible enhancements into an Internet standard. Included in the initial list of changes to be considered are the following: (1) User level and site designated authentication methods; (2) Binary transfer capability; (3) Minimization of line turnaround; and (4) Stronger article selection capability. It is expected that public domain software will be released concurrently with an RFC, demonstrating the protocol enhancements. Goals and Milestones: Done Define scope of work. Done Submit Internet-Draft for review and comment. Done Possibly meet at USENIX for further comment. Done Meet at IETF for further comment. Aug 91 Submit RFC to IESG. Internet Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- ------------------------------------------ Sep 91 Dec 92 Network News Transfer Protocol Version 2: A Protocol for the Stream-Based Transmission of News Request For Comments: None to date.