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Archive-name: cn/bbs/faq
Posting-Frequency: monthly (1st of each month) Last-modified: $Date: 2003/12/16 13:09:33 $ Version: $Revision: 1.3 $ URL: http://www.cn-bbs.org/FAQ.html Copyright: (c) 2002-2003 cn.bbs.* Administrative Group Maintainer: Zhuangzhi Chen <control@cn-bbs.org> See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Introduction ============ This FAQ has been prepared by the cn.bbs.* administrative group to give an overview of the hierarchy and with the purpose of helping news admins all over the world to configure their news system for the cn.bbs.* Usenet-newsgroups (also known as "cn.bbs.* hierarchy"). The cn.bbs.* hierarchy is Usenet Newsgroups that are primarily distributed within and to do with China, a country in East Asia. While the groups are mainly for Chinese at home they are also exported and can be read by people in other countries if their site gets a feed of them. The languages used in cn.bbs.* are Simplified Chinese or English, and if you want the majority of people to understand, you need to post in Simplified Chinese. Chinese fonts(GB2312) and keyboard may be needed. A few config lines added to the configuration files ensure that the control messages sent by the group-admin maintainer are easily processed with a good degree of security and automation. This FAQ is also available from: http://bbs.cn.news-admin.org/FAQ.html Please send your comments and suggestions to: control@cn-bbs.org Table of contents ================= 1. Recent changes 2. Who administers cn.bbs.*? 3. What does the AG do to administer cn.bbs.*? 4. Which groups should I take on my site? 5. How should I configure my newssite for cn.bbs.*? 6. What is the configuration for moderated groups? 7. Are there any other sources with useful information? 8. Where can I find an up-to-date list of cn.bbs.* newsgroups? 1. Recent changes ================= - 10/02/2002: First version. Really alpha. 2. Who administers cn.bbs.*? ============================ In May 2002, eight persons were accepted to administer the cn.bbs.* hierarchy. Together they are called "Administrative Group" (AG). You can reach them at this address: control@cn-bbs.org At this moment, AG consists of: Zhuangzhi Chen <czz at cn-bbs dot org> Huapeng Chen <chp at cn-bbs dot org> Hui Xu <xh at cn-bbs dot org> Wei Zhang <zw at cn-bbs dot org> Xiang Lv <lx at cn-bbs dot org> Xiubin Qian <qxb at cn-bbs dot org> Yuxin Tian <tyx at cn-bbs dot org> Zhankao Wen <wzk at cn-bbs dot org> Zhihua Huang <hzh at cn-bbs dot org> 3. What does the AG do to administer cn.bbs.*? ============================================== The AG takes care of sending control messages for creating (newgroup) and removing (rmgroup) cn.bbs.* newsgroups. Control messages issued for cn.bbs.* are archived at: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/control/cn/cn.bbs.* Discussions about new cn.bbs.* groups takes place in cn.bbs.admin The document that describes how to create a new cn.bbs.* newsgroup will be posted by the AG. A "checkgroups" control message for cn.bbs.* is being posted each 21st day of the month. 4. Which groups should I take on my site? ========================================= That is up to you to decide. However, if you're taking a "full feed", then you should accept the periodic control messages for the cn.bbs.* groups issued by the AG KeyMaster (aka "control authority"), and by nobody else. 5. How should I configure my newssite for cn.bbs.*? =================================================== The AG KeyMaster uses PGP to digitally sign the newgroup, rmgroup and checkgroups control messages. If you are using the PGP, you can have the newsserver automatically handle the KeyMaster control messages. The PGP public key for the cn.bbs.* hierarchy can also be downloaded from the following URL: http://www.cn-bbs.org/pubkey-cn.bbs.admin.announce Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024/D9662289 2002/08/04 cn.bbs.admin.announce -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3ia mQCNAz1Ni60AAAEEAMLeta8FnOvjGdC+FjHGapnBD0li/ODyNWbI5w9l6KyZj4rV SVS+P3hpEL58S0cYVXfx1g9q5VuawMcDM1D0wwI74G7oBszq+aHrY8vsXabLkYV9 U3xJywXAF+Yl2JYBD6CSBQnKy3UImLO8Hke/T62lRYkxQCdZqJj5a0vZZiKJAAUT tBVjbi5iYnMuYWRtaW4uYW5ub3VuY2WJAJUDBRA9TYutmPlrS9lmIokBARziA/9t zBku4vIfOldeEXzydMdKxQadetS3OnlCca4fZ85oAQQmEsPrI/6DrhO7GcPBGIpJ 4Rar6DRrLbBf1aZI35qqRnP0UeL0gVLim4vZd6nY9COuP8mYUu1vf1QHB+TCp4iH +yBI0I6qm7LZIj2Q3XtvS5oQsRe4NYP1pCBA1jGplg== =YJgN -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- For technical details, see: ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/ or ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/ CONFIGURATION ------------- Please remember to add the AG PGP public key to your newsservers pgp ring. (http://www.cn-bbs.org/pubkey-cn.bbs.admin.announce). Cnews [with PGP] ----- Add the following to your "controlperm" CNews configuration file: cn.bbs control@cn-bbs.org cnr p cn.bbs.admin.announce Cnews [without PGP (strongly discouraged)] ----- Add the following to your "controlperm" CNews configuration file: cn.bbs control@cn-bbs.org nr y DNEWS [with PGP] ----- Add the following to your "control.conf" DNEWS configuration file : newgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit,pgp rmgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit,pgp checkgroups:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit,pgp DNEWS [without PGP (strongly discouraged)] ----- Add the following to your "control.conf" DNEWS configuration file : newgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit rmgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit checkgroups:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit INN [with PGP] --- Add the following to your "control.ctl" INN configuration file: checkgroups:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:verify-cn.bbs.admin.announce newgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:verify-cn.bbs.admin.announce rmgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:verify-cn.bbs.admin.announce [three lines, might be splitted on old terminals] INN [without PGP (strongly discouraged)] --- Add the following to your "control.ctl" INN configuration file : checkgroups:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit newgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit rmgroup:control@cn-bbs.org:cn.bbs.*:doit 6. What is the configuration for moderated groups? ================================================== Normally, postings to a moderated newsgroup are being sent to a server that keeps an up-to-date list of moderators. For the cn.bbs.* hierarchy, the server used is: moderators.isc.org You can use: C News (file "mailpaths") ------ cn.bbs.* %s@moderators.isc.org INN (file "moderators") --- cn.bbs.*:%s@moderators.isc.org Please use "moderators.isc.org" instead of "moderators.uu.net", because an email to an cn.bbs.* moderator will only be forwarded correctly through moderators.isc.org 7. Are there any other sources with useful information? ======================================================= The following URL contains all relevant links for the cn.bbs.* hierarchy: http://bbs.cn.news-admin.org (in different languages) 8. Where can I find an up-to-date list of cn.bbs.* newsgroups? ============================================================== On each 21st day of the month, an actual list is being posted in "cn.bbs.admin.announce". The checkgroups control message (see subject 5) is posted there, too, but normally only shows up in the pseudo-newsgroups "control" or "control.checkgroups". too, but normally only shows up in the pseudo-newsgroups "control" or "control.checkgroups". "control" or "control.checkgroups". wsgroups "control" or "control.checkgroups". seudo-newsgroups "control" or "control.checkgroups". User Contributions:
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