SSL auto-detection at Altopia

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From: Chris Caputo
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:11

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Hi.  I just implemented automatic SSL detection.  This means the normally 
non-SSL ports (119, 120, and 443) will also do SSL if your newsreader 
attempts to negotiate it on initial connection.  (ie. without the STARTTLS 
command)

This is especially convenient for port 443 since that port is least likely 
to be blocked by ISPs.  SSL is recommended for port 443 so that the 
NNTP/Usenet traffic is indistinguishable from HTTP/web traffic.

The port 563 NNTP SSL port continues to also be available.

Please let me know of any questions or any problems with this new feature.

Thanks,
Chris Caputo
President, Altopia Corporation

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From: Chris Caputo <ccaputo@alt.net>
Newsgroups: altnet.announce,altnet.general,alt.binaries.news-server-comparison,alt.usenet.news-server-comparison
Subject: SSL auto-detection at Altopia
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:11:13 +0000 (UTC)
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