[NNTP] Command to list wanted groups for transit peers
River Tarnell
river at RT.UK.EU.ORG
Sat Jan 7 10:56:11 PST 2012
Hi,
So, most (at least non-binary) peering arrangements include a list of
groups the server wants to accept. Usually this is configured by hand,
but there are automated out-of-band methods to do it automatically (e.g.
GUP, the Group Update Protocol).
I think a better way to do it would be a new command, which would list
the groups the server wants to accept as a wildmat. For instance:
S: 200 Server ready.
C: CAPABILITIES
S: 101 Capabilities list follows.
S: WANTGROUPS
S: ...
S: .
C: WANTGROUPS
S: 2xx List of groups follows.
S: *
S: @alt.sex.*
S: @*.bina*
S: de.bina*
S: !uk.test
S: .
C: CHECK <...
This would be an "extended" wildmat like INN uses; I don't think @ is
available in the RFC 3977 wildmats.
Thoughts?
Regards,
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