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	Title		: HNEWS: An HTTP-Tunneling News Protocol
	Author(s)	: T. Stockwell
	Filename	: draft-stockwell-hnews-protocol-00.txt
	Pages		: 6
	Date		: 17-Jun-98
	
This document defines HNEWS (HTTP News Protocol), an HTTP-tunneling
news protocol.  The NNTP(Network News Transfer Protocol) protocol
described in RFC 977 is recast as HTTP CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
requests that may be filled by any server that supports CGI.  Two new
commands are defined for connecting and disconnecting from an HNEWS
server.  Also, a mechanism for session state management is described.
This document assumes that you have a working knowledge of the Common
Gateway Interface [2] for running executable content on a web server and
some familiarity with the NNTP news protocol [1].
A new URL scheme has also been specified for HNEWS and is described in
a separate document [5].

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