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Q. What is Newsfeeds SSL Encryption?

A. SSL Encryption is another layer of NNTP traffic security protection that Newsfeeds.com offers at no extra charge to our customers. Just like the encryption used when credit card transactions are placed over the internet Newsfeeds.com SSL encrypts the data when it leaves our servers and your news reader decrypts the data when it is downloaded.

Q. Which news readers support SSL?

A. SSL Encryption is a new feature that has recently been implemented into Usenet service. Currently only a select number of news reader support SSL. Provided below is a list of four of the most common and easy to use news readers that support SSL Encryption.

Forte Agent
Microsoft Outlook Express
NewsBin Pro 5.0
Newsleecher 3.8

Q. SSL and ISP traffic shaping?

A. To reduce the amount of bandwidth used by customers some ISP's have implemented what is best known as traffic shaping or bandwidth throttling. Some ISP's have implemented traffic shaping to help lower the amount of bandwidth used by high bandwidth customers, which in theory should increase the speeds for everyone on the network. Traffic shaping can significantly lower your download speeds especially when using NewsFeeds high speed Usenet service. By using SSL Encryption traffic shaping can some times be prevented by sending all the data from our servers to your home over a secure connection not allowing your ISP to monitor or track your bandwidth usage.

Q. How to configure news readers for SSL?

A. Configuring your news reader to use SSL is easy and is as simple as puting a checkmark in a checkbox during the news reader configuration. Listed below are links that will show you how to configure each news reader for SSL Encryption.

Forte Agent
Microsoft Outlook Express
NewsBin Pro 5.0
Newsleecher 3.8

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