FidoNews · Vol 34, No 37 · 11 Sep 2017
The F I D O N E W S Volume 34, Number 37 11 Sep 2017
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
Mobile Nodes ............................................. 2
DS-Lite emulation experiment v2 .......................... 4
3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 7
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 7
5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 9
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 16
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 16
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 17
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 19
How to Submit an Article ................................. 19
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 21
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Your age is just the numberof laps you've done around a giant ball of
fire in the centre of our solar system.
-- anonymous
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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Mobile nodes
Ward Dossche
2:292/854
There are some beautiful software implementations which make it
possible to run a Fidonet node or point on an Android platform,
meaning you can even operate a node from certain smartphones. These
softwares are "Aftershock" and "HotdogEd".
I have now used "Aftershock" on my mobile point 2:292/854 for quite
some time in sometimes very rural conditions. It suited my purpose
perfectly and I am encouraging everyone to try it or HotdogEd in a
mobile environment.
It is fun, you can now operate a node or a point while on the road
without a bunch of other technical gizmos.
There have been a number of discussions about this -- are mobile nodes
real nodes or are they points? I decided that when it is clear that a
sysop is available to accept greater responsible for his or her
actions than a point, there is no reason why such a node cannot be
listed in the nodelist.
In the end a sysop is responsible for the actions of his or her users
and points and if such a mobile system is listed in the nodelist, it
provides a better control mechanism for the administrative tree.
So, as far as I'm concerned and we're dealing with mobile nodes
accepting the responsibility of a fully fledged sysop, I say "Welcome
to Fidonet".
To identify such mobile nodes, ERRFLAGS has been updated with the
addition of new user-flags in the Zone-2 segment, which eventually
could be elevated to full flag-status:
[,AFS] A mobile node running an Aftershock implementation on
Android
[,HDG] A mobile node running an HotdogEd implementation on Android
[,MOB] A mobile node running an undefined implementation on a
mobile device
Proposed listing of such nodes is:
,<node-nr>,<system name>,<location>,<sysop>,-Unpublished-,300,U,AFS
or
,<node-nr>,<system name>,<location>,<sysop>,-Unpublished-,300,U,HDG
or
,<node-nr>,<system name>,<location>,<sysop>,-Unpublished-,300,U,MOB
Ward Dossche ZC2
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DS-Lite emulation experiment v2, the results
By Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
The DS-Lite emulation experiment as announced in Fidonews 34:31 of
31 July has now been completed. On Friday 8 september the INO4 flag
for 2:280/5555 was removed from the nodelist and the A record for
fido.vlist.eu was reinstated. 2:280/5555 answered on incoming IPv4
again. Polling the IPv4 only links every 30 minutes was discon-
tinued. Everything was back to normal.
What is there to report? Nothing much really. Everything went as
planned. There is no indication that any mail was lost. There was of
course a slight delay in transfering mail from IPv4 only nodes to me
as they had to wait for me to poll them. I received no negative
feedback. I received a couple of acknowledgements to the netmail I
sent to all sysops concerned, some wished me luck.
One sysop, Fred Riccio, saw it as an opportunity to do some testing
himself. He trained his nodelist to binkd/argus converter to skip
entries with an INO4 flag, so that his IPv4 only binkd/argus would
never attempt to call nodes that can not accept incoming IPv4. He
tested this by preparing some crash mail for me. It just sat there
in his outbound until my system polled his and picked it up. As it
should.
Conclusion:
Running a fidonet node from a DS-Lite connection is not ideal
but it is definitely doable.
Thanks to veryone involved for cooperating in this experiment.
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LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES
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List of Ipv6 nodes
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
Updated 15 August 2017
Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark
1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f PO4
4 2:240/1661 Markus Reschke Native DTAG f
5 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
6 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
7 2:221/0 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
8 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
9 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
10 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
11 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky T-6in4 he.net
12 1:154/10 Nicholas Boël Native Spectrum f
13 2:203/0 Björn Felten T-6in4 he.net
14 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
15 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet f
16 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
17 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
18 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4 Westlan
19 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native IMPNET
20 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6to4 he.net
21 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
22 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native Ransom II
23 1:266/404 Bill McGarrity Native Comcast
24 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline IO
25 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
26 1:249/303 Joe Delahaye Native Teksavvy f
27 2:280/1043 Michel van Osenbruggen Native BIT
28 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
29 2:5053/58 Alexandr Kruglikov Native CJSC The First
30 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
31 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh T-6in4 he.net
32 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter T-6in4 he.net
33 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
34 2:5005/33 Evgeny Zyatkov Native RUCITYCONNECT f
35 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel
36 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
37 2:2443/1313 Dirk Astrath Native VOLMARNET
38 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
39 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
40 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6to4 AT&T f
41 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
42 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith Native Qwest
43 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin T-6in4 he.net
44 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
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45 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner
46 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
47 2:5020/1906 Alexander Lobachev Native RU-CENTER
48 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov T-6in4 he.net
49 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native OVH INO4
50 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
51 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
52 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
53 2:5021/46 Dmitry Komissarov Native THEFIRST
54 2:292/140 Rudi Timmermans Native PCextreme IO
55 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD
Remarks:
f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address
IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls)
INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls)
PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
but is configured to try IPv4 first)
6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
DOWN This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6
PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
capability but is not yet listed in the Fidonet nodelist.
Notes:
To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
node config). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address
(2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.
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JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
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The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project
This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.
You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't
need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of
operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.
Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
your job, school or whatever.
Updated 2017-06-20
URL news://felten.yi.org
Join http://fidonews.eu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
URL news://quinnspost.nodelist.net:60119
Join mailto:eskimo261@bigfoot.com
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 3:640/384
URL news://rbb.bbs.fi
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360
URL news://fidonews.mine.nu
Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6
URL news://news.wpusa.dynip.com
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:3634/12
URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10
URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
Join Info in group, +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:154/10
URL: tequilamockingbirdonline.net
Join mailto:sysop@tequilamockingbirdonline.net
NETMAIL Yes, 1:266/404
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FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2017-05-14
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/119)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-95 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
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| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm
|I | 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v3.99 SR 13 on 2017-05-26
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330
Definite Solutions |? | sales@defsol.se
| | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmail.com 1:1/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.5 on 2013-11-10
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.11 on 2015-06-24
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.11 on 2015-06-24
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
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| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21
JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs
|PO | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7 on 2017-03-23
Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|IO | v1.12 A32 on 2017-05-04
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
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| | v2.62.2SW
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.10/DOS on 2009-10-03
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.16c on 2015-08-15
Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on 2016-06-23
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.00 on 2015-12-14
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 2011-01-26
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
| | 1:120/544
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
| | 1:120/544
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
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| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2010-06-27
FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
| | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
| |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
| | dev@openxp.uk English/German
| | v5.0.28 on 2016-09-10
WinPoint |P? |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.4.6 on 2016-12-01
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
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| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/
Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
By EchoTime, 2:203/0
(Some nets may have lost their last
digit for technical reasons)
pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
nodes mean dev no mean dev no
154/* 8.7m 5.2m 269 1.8h 12.3h 270
201/* 3.8m 0.8m 8 16.0h 21.6h 8
203/* 5.5m 7.0m 434 22.6h 12.9h 434
221/* 2.8m 0.4m 285 8.2h 14.9h 282
249/* 3.9m 5.9m 295 4.5h 15.0h 293
266/* 5.1m 3.4m 335 2.7h 6.5h 333
280/* 2.9m 0.8m 170 4.7h 5.6h 168
292/* 6.2m 1.6m 7 0.1h 0.1h 2
320/* 4.6m 0.5m 254 2.8h 5.5h 252
423/* 3.5m 0.5m 8 5.9h 2.2h 8
502/* 2.2m 0.4m 7 0.1h 0.0h 7
640/* 3.3m 0.7m 97 9.2h 7.1h 95
Sigma 4.8m 4.8m 2169 8.1h 13.7h 2152
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.251
size 208.9kb
date 2017-09-08
The nodelist has 1118 nodes in it
and a total of 1808 non-comment entries
including 4 zones
30 regions
175 hosts
101 hubs
admin overhead 310 ( 27.73 %)
and 138 private nodes
74 nodes down
168 nodes on hold
off line overhead 380 ( 33.99 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 72 ( 6.44 %)
9600 = 316 ( 28.26 %)
(HST = 5 or 1.58 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 134 or 42.41 %)
(V32B = 51 or 16.14 %)
(V34 = 209 or 66.14 %)
(V42 = 131 or 41.46 %)
(V42B = 53 or 16.77 %)
2400 = 3 ( 0.27 %)
1200 = 1 ( 0.09 %)
300 = 726 ( 64.94 %)
ISDN = 62 ( 5.55 %)
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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems
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IBN Binkp 781 ( 69.86 %)
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IFC Raw ifcico 99 ( 8.86 %)
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IFT FTP 63 ( 5.64 %)
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ITN Telnet 167 ( 14.94 %)
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IVM Vmodem 14 ( 1.25 %)
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IP Other 6 ( 0.54 %)
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INO4 IPv6 only 2 ( 0.18 %)
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CrashMail capable = 889 ( 79.52 %)
MailOnly nodes = 406 ( 36.31 %)
Listed-only nodes = 29 ( 2.59 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]
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