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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: Darius Moos <moos@webmore.com>
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Subject: Re: [Q] newsproxy for fetching news behind firewall
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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Darius Moos wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> does anybody know of an application that works as a newsproxy on the
> nntp-port. I need this for reading news behind a firewall (no local
> newsserver).
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Darius Moos
> 
I don't have a specific news proxy, but plug-gw from the TIS fwtk 
(which I believe is available in the ports) can do that. Simply "plug" a 
port on the inside of your firewall to the nntp port on your news server.

Nadav