NNTPCache is Squid for news (plus lots more). NNTPCache can take reader loads off major news-servers. Besides its super efficient execution, a single or multi-layer concentric ring of NNTPCaches can be arranged about one or more central news-servers on a DNS round-robin basis. Such a wall of NNTPCaches provides drop-in scalability, redundancy, authentication & security for even the largest news-server heart. NNTPCache can transparently stitch multiple split news-servers (e.g, one news-server carrying alt.binaries.*, another carrying alt.*, and another carrying everything else) back together, allowing news-server administrators to spread their news feeds over multiple machines, or to out-source selected components. NNTPCache minimizes the effects of news-server down time, by continuing to provide cached news-data in the face of news-server fall-over. NNTPCache natively supports a variety of AUTHINFO methods, including /etc/passwd, generic unix pipes, LDAP and radius.
Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.
The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.
Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.
Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.