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Pan Overview
Pan is a Usenet newsreader which is good at both text and binaries.
Installation
#apt install pan
SSL encryption
Stunnel Installation
Unfortunately, Pan does not support SSL encryption yet (Pan 0.135), so we are going to use stunnel for SSL tunneling.
# apt install stunnel4
To enable Stunnel edit /etc/default/stunnel4
ENABLED=1
Stunnel Configuration
In Debian Wheezy/Sid there is no configuration by default. Copy the sample configuration for stunnel and place it to:
#cp /usr/share/doc/stunnel4/examples/stunnel.conf-sample /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
Edit the /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf and add the following nntp option for Usenet
[nntp] client = yes accept = localhost:119 connect = YOUR_SSL_URL_USENET_PROVIDER:PORT
accept - Pan will connect locally. Configure Pan to use localhost and port 119
connect - Remote SSL connection using Stunnel. Example: ssl-eu.astraweb.com:443
Stunnel Certificate/Key
Certificate/key is needed in server mode and optional in client mode
Optionally, to generate a RSA Private Key
#openssl genrsa -out priv.pem
Generate Certificate
#openssl req -new -x509 -key priv.pem -out stunnel.pem -days 1095
combine priv.pem with stunnel.pem
Edit the /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf and set the key-path
key = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem
change the path /etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem according to your key path.
Start stunnel:
#/etc/init.d/stunnel restart
See Also
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/how-faq-forums/unreviewed-how-faq/458496-how-use-ssl-pan-newsreader.html - How to use ssl with pan the newsreader - OpenSUSE forum
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=653246 - Use Pan with Stunnel4 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) - Ubuntu forums
https://baltazaar.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/configuring-pan-newsreader-with-stunnel-ssl/ - Configuring a newsreader with Stunnel SSL - baltazaar.wordpress.com