What ports can I use?
What ports can I use to connect to Newsrazor?
Your account with Newsrazor gives you access to several server farms located in both the US and Europe to ensure the fastest connection to our system.
If you are experiencing slow connection speeds, you should try using one of the alternate ports shown below. For more security, privacy, and in some cases speed, you can use one of our Privacy Protector SSL encrypted servers which will provide 256bit encrypted connections with supported newsreader software.
To connect to our US servers:
- news.newsrazor.net - Traditional NNTP access using port 119 or alternatively 443 or 8080
- ssl.news.newsrazor.net - Secure access using encrypted SSL over ports 563 or alternatively 80 or 81
- news-europe.newsrazor.net - European NNTP servers accessible using port 119 or alternatively 443 or 8080 (for fastest access from European countries)
- ssl.news-europe.newsrazor.net - Secure European access using encrypted SSL over ports 563 or alternatively 80 or 81
Multiple 10• gigabit fiber backbone connections in the US and Europe and direct connections to many broadband ISP providers gives you the fastest possible access to our servers with the lowest number of hops and extremely low latency.
256-bit SSL Encryption available on all connections keeps your browsing secure and private. We never share your information with outside parties or track your usage unless required by law.
Newsrazor has been in the Usenet Business since 2006 and those years of experience have helped us create one of the most reliable and fast usenet server infrastructures in the industry.