Netnews Administration System (NAS)
Introduction
The Netnews Administration System (NAS) is a framework to simplify administration and usage of network news on the Internet. Data for the administration of newsgroups and hierarchies is kept in a distributed hierarchical database, and is available through a client-server protocol.
RFC 4707
More details can be found in RFC 4707:
Address
Freie Universität Berlin
Zentraleinrichtung FUB-IT
Netnews Administration System
Fabeckstraße 32
14195 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49-30-83874707
E-Mail: nas@fu-berlin.de