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# Tilde Net News
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Tilde Net News (NNTP) can be thought of as USENET without the
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spam. Many of the servers on the
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[tildeverse](https://tildeverse.org) run net news and share their
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content with their peers. You can read these newsgroups and
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contribute with replies and posts on topics by using the news
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clients installed on Tilde Black.
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## slrn
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The main net news client installed on Tilde Black is `slrn`. Users
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can launch slrn like so:
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$ slrn
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The first time you run the program you will need to generate a new
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configuration file. Do this by adding the `--create` flag.
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$ slrn --create
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Once you are connected you can subscribe to any of the available
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groups that interest you. When you launch the program again at
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a later date, new postings in those groups will show up.
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The program can also download descriptions of the groups by using
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the `-d` flag.
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$ slrn -d
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## Groups
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All groups beginning with `tilde.*` are part of the public Tilde
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Net News Network and are shared across servers. Tilde Black has
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a general purpose public group called `tilde.black` for this
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purpose.
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All groups beginning with `black.*` are private groups only
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available to users of Tilde Black and only visible on the local
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system.
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### black.general
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The general channel is used for announcements and updates about
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Tilde Black. Users that have questions for the admin or need help
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with something on the server can make their requests here.
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2019-04-27 00:22:32 +00:00
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### black.privacy
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2019-04-27 00:38:52 +00:00
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The privacy channel is intended for discussions around
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experiments, ideation, and documentation that promotes privacy
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online.
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2019-04-27 00:22:32 +00:00
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### black.anonymity
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2019-04-27 00:38:52 +00:00
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The anonymity channel is a playground for protecting identities
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online. Theories, troubleshooting, sharing of tools and guides, or
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the creation of new documents are all great subjects to include
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here.
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2019-04-27 00:22:32 +00:00
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### black.security
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Discussions on security can get highly technical and detailed. We
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strive to keep those in this group where the chains can go as deep
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as they need to reach agreement. Ultimately the goal of the
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security group is to make suggestions for the public on best
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practices but suggestions for the improvement of security on Tilde
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Black is also welcome.
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This is not a black or grey-hat hacking group and any discussions
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along those lines will result in account termination. Tilde Black
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is a collaborative space designed to welcome discussions and
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experimentation, but the server itself is not designed as an
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exploit target or port-scanning test box.
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