A News proxy server accesses Usenet news on the Internet and provides secure Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) news services for transferring news articles in both directions between the intranet and the Internet. A News proxy server can also selectively filter out unwanted news groups. However, a News proxy server cannot cache news articles.
To set up a News proxy server:
In NetWare Administrator, select the Novell BorderManager 3.7 Setup page for the server.
From the Application Proxy tab, check the News Proxy check box.
Click Details or double-click the News Proxy service.
(Optional) Enter the primary news domain name.
This is the domain name that is used to substitute the From address in posted news articles. This name replaces the internal originating hostnames in outbound news article header lines and hides the internal network architecture. If this parameter is unspecified, the News proxy uses the DNS domain name in the From address.
(Optional) Enter the server name or IP address of the private (internal) news servers to which the incoming news articles are forwarded.
If you do not specify this information, the proxy server will not accept the connections from the public news servers to forward or retrieve articles from the private news servers.
Click Add and specify the DNS hostnames or IP addresses of the public (external) news servers from which news articles are retrieved.
You must specify at least one server for the News proxy to work if a private news server is set up. The proxy connects to the first public news server on the list, and all queries from the private news server and readers are forwarded to that server. If the connection to the first server on the list fails, the News proxy will use the next server on the list, and so on.
Click OK > OK from the Novell BorderManager 3.7 Setup page.