Is there a good nntp client for Centos 6 that handles SSL native?
It was difficult, to say the least, on Centos anyway, to get
Pan to post to Mixmin servers, which require SSL (so we have
to use Stunnel to add SSL capabilities to Pan) on Centos.
Had Pan native SSL support, this wouldn't have been a problem.
Hence the question:
Q: Is there a good freeware NNTP client with a Centos repository
that handles SSL native?
Note: Here's the abbreviated sequence to install Stunnel with Pan
(but it took me months to come up with this as all the
tutorials on the web fail in the little Centos details).
Install Stunnel:
$ sudo yum install stunnel -y
Read bug reports to find a stunnel init script for Centos:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455815
Add & modify that stunnel /etc/init.d/stunnel script:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=325164
Configure the Stunnel /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf file:
;setuid = nobody
;setgid = nobody
client = yes
[nntp]
accept = localhost:2119
connect = news.mixmin.net:563
NOTE: It took me months to figure out that these two
now-commented lines cause stunnel to fail on my Centos box:
Test Stunnel:
$ telnet localhost 2119
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 news.mixmin.net InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.6.0 (20120622 prerelease)
ready (posting ok)
post
340 Ok, recommended message-ID <kuyt4l$e21$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: foobar <foo@xxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: This is a test
This is a test of stunnel to mixmin.
.
240 Article received <kuyt4l$e21$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
quit
205 Bye!
Connection closed by foreign host.
Install Pan:
$ sudo yum --enablerepo rpmforge install pan -y
Configure any known good Pan newsserver:
[Pan]Edit->Edit News Servers->Add->(see below)->OK
Address: aioe.org
Port: 119
Configure a test Pan posting profile:
[Pan]Edit->Edit Posting Profiles->Add->
Profile Name: New Profile
Full Name: Foo Bar
Email Address: foo@xxxxxxx
Post Articles Via: aioe.org
OK
Test Pan setup by reading & sending a message to alt.test.
[Pan]Post->Post to Newsgroup->alt.test
Now you're ready to configure Pan for SSL via Stunnel:
[Pan]Edit->Edit News Servers->Add->(see below)->OK
Address: localhost
Port: 2119
Switch the test user to this encrypted server:
[Pan]Edit->Edit Posting Profiles->Edit->
Post Articles Via: localhost
OK
Test this setup by reading & sending a message to alt.test.
[Pan]Post->Post to Newsgroup->alt.test
Note: It would have been easier had Pan native SSL
capability; hence the question:
Q: What nntp client handles SSL native on Centos 6?
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