Sun Internet News Server

Sun Internet News Server is a high-performance, highly-scalable news server. Significant features include:

• High performance and client-connection scalability. A multithreaded, multi-process daemon handles client connections, taking advantage of multiprocessor Solaris servers to provide scalability in handling large numbers of simultaneous news reader connections.

• Full-featured news feed handling. Based on INN from the Internet Software Consortium (INN release 1.5 sec. 2), Sun Internet News Server maintains all the usability improvements of that implementation in the area of news feed handling.

• Separate feed handling and news reader service functionality. The service for news readers is separable from the feed handling functions to enable horizontal scalability in handling news reader connections.

• Centralized, browser-based management. Sun Internet News Server is a three-tier service that integrates with Sun Internet Administrator for centralized administration and full security benefits. See "Managing Services with Sun Internet Administrator" for more information on the three-tier architecture.