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| From | anthk <anthk@openbsd.home> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc, alt.fan.usenet |
| Subject | Re: If you were to design a netnews protocol today... |
| Date | 2025-05-12 06:24 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrn101vbff.198p.anthk@openbsd.home.localhost> (permalink) |
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On 2024-08-19, D <nospam@example.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Aug 2024, Andy K. wrote: > >> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:43:50 +0200 >> D wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024, Andy K. wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:32:01 -0000 (UTC) >>>> George Musk wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just a thought experiment: >>>>> if you could/had to make something like a NNTP 2.0 (with no need for >>>>> backwards compatibility) and server and client software for it today, what >>>>> would it be like? >>>>> In terms of specifications, technologies used, user interface, etc. >>>> >>>> Not for nothing, but Secure Scuttlebutt is a pretty cool "next gen >>>> NNTP" option. >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Scuttlebutt >>>> >>> >>> Long time since I heard about it, but doesn't it have scaling problems? >> >> Maybe, but mainly it has discoverability problem. Unless you already >> know a community you want to join, it's these days almost impossible >> to find some public server/group/whatever. >> >> It doesn't help that there are two concepts now - servers (old) and >> rooms (new), and there seems to be a different invite/join process for >> each. >> >> I love SSB conceptually, since it's basically like Usenet in its UUCP >> beginnings (nodes syncing among each other periodically), but it has >> teething problems. >> > > Ahh got it. Maybe time to bring those improvisational UUCP networks back > to life then? Why opt for the copy, when you can get the original! ;) Just use NNCP instead of UUCP; they almost work the same as a backend.
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