NNTP Protocol
This page provides information on the NNTP Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine. The protocol operates on TCP port 119 and UDP port 119, both officially registered with the IANA.
Protocol Description
The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) is an application protocol used for transporting Usenet news articles and binaries between servers and user client applications.
Please see the protocol catalog page for information on other protocols detected by Netify DPI.
Protocol Details
- ID
- 93
- Full Name
- Network News Transfer Protocol
- Abbreviation
- NNTP
- Category Tag
- file-sharing
- Category
- File Sharing
- Home Page
- NNTP
- Introduced
- Version 2.88
Protocol Ports - RFC
- TCP 119
- Network News Transfer Protocol
- UDP 119
- Network News Transfer Protocol
Best Practices
Usenet was originally used for online forums, but is now typically used for file sharing.
Related Protocols
Review the File Sharing category suite below, or explore the complete protocol catalog.