• FidoNews 41:14 [00/06]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 1 00:59:22 2024
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 41, Number 14 01 Apr 2024 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    Table of Contents
    1. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 1
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 1
    2. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 4
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 4
    3. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 5
    4. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 12
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 12
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 13
    5. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 15
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 15
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 17

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 1 00:59:22 2024
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    LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

    List of IPv6 nodes
    By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

    Updated 25 Mar 2024


    Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

    1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Freedom f
    2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f
    3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
    4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo/Caiway f
    5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula Native Elisa f
    7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
    8 1:154/10 Nicholas Boel Native Spectrum f
    9 2:203/0 Bjorn Felten T-6in4 he.net
    10 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f INO4
    11 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
    12 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov T-6in4 he.net f
    13 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    14 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 IP4Market
    15 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native CZ-IJC-20071015
    16 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    17 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
    18 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    19 3:770/1 Paul Hayton Native VETTA
    20 3:770/100 Paul Hayton Native VETTA
    21 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native JSC IOT f
    22 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    23 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    24 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
    25 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    26 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
    27 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    28 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    29 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    30 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
    31 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    32 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    33 2:240/5413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    34 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    35 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    36 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FirstByte
    37 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    38 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
    39 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 IP4Market f
    40 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native KPN
    41 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
    42 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
    43 2:5101/1 Andrey Ignatov Native HETZNER
    44 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
    45 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
    46 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
    47 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native SAGE-SU-V6
    48 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
    49 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
    50 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native FirstVDS f
    51 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
    52 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
    53 2:240/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
    54 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
    55 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
    56 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
    57 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
    58 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
    59 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
    60 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
    61 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
    62 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
    63 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    64 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
    65 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    66 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
    67 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
    68 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
    69 2:301/113 Alisha Stutz T-6in4 he.ne
    70 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
    71 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
    72 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native HURRICANE-IPV6-24
    73 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
    74 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN f
    75 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
    76 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
    77 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
    78 2:301/1 Alisha Stutz Native CH-DATAWIRE
    79 1:134/0 Kostie Muirhead Native LINODE-US f INO4
    80 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead Native LINODE-US f INO4
    81 2:5035/63 Vladimir Goncharov Native RFEIV6NET
    82 2:5020/290 Andrew Kolchoogin T-6in4 he.net
    83 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6in4 he.net
    84 2:5030/49 Sergey Myasoedov Native FR-VIRTUA-SYSTEMS
    85 1:218/820 Ryan Fantus Native DIGITALOCEAN
    86 1:103/705 Rob Swindell Native Spectrum f
    87 2:5020/5858 Alexander Kruglikov T-6in4 IP4Market f
    88 1:135/395 Charles Blackburn Native Charter Comms
    89 1:134/303 Travis Mehrer Native Shaw Comms
    90 2:5057/19 Max Vasilyev Native ER-Telecom f
    91 2:5075/35 Eugene Subbotin Native RUWEB f
    92 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC
    93 2:5075/128 Eugene Subbotin T-6in4 IP4Market f
    94 2:550/278 Vladislav Muschinskikh Native FirstByte
    95 2:5010/278 Vladislav Muschinskikh T-6in4 he.net f
    96 2:240/5411 Stephan Gebbers Native DTAG
    97 2:5020/715 Alex Barinov T-6in4 he.net
    98 1:16/201 Sergey Myasoedov Native Amazon
    99 1:104/117 Vitaliy Aksyonov Native LLC
    100 1:218/880 Lloyd Fellon Native Charter Comms
    101 2:5030/1340 Dmitry Afanasiev T-6in4 TUNNEL-BROKER-NET
    102 2:221/360 Tommi Koivula Native Elisa f
    103 2:5031/25 Alex Kazankov Native VDSINA
    104 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo Native Claro
    105 3:633/257 Andrew Clarke Native widebandnetv6 OO


    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.
    (zone, net, node in decimal notation)
    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.
    NO6 The node no longer presents an IPv6 address in the nodelist
    and will soon be removed from this list.
    HOLD The node is temporarely off-line. Mail may be routed.
    DOWN This node is Down for both IPv4 and IPv6 and will be
    removed from this list if the condition pertains.
    PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
    capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
    IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.


    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 for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
    and up when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). If the destination address
    is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
    an IPv4 address is present.


    Submitted on day 091

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 1 00:59:22 2024
    =================================================================
    SPECIAL INTEREST =================================================================

    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

    221/* 1.0m 2.2m 722 4.0h 10.4h 722
    280/* 0.7m 0.4m 1005 3.0h 4.3h 1005
    292/* 2.2m 2.0m 5 2.8h 5.6h 4
    320/* 2.6m 1.3m 250 2.1h 3.8h 249

    Sigma 1.0m 1.6m 1982 3.3h 7.2h 1980

    -----------------------------------------------------------------
    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.089
    size 159.9kb
    date 2024-03-29

    The nodelist has 848 nodes in it
    and a total of 1249 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    31 regions
    156 hosts
    61 hubs
    admin overhead 252 ( 29.72 %)

    and 92 private nodes
    38 nodes down
    19 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 149 ( 17.57 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 23 ( 2.71 %)
    9600 = 123 ( 14.50 %)
    (HST = 2 or 1.63 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 60 or 48.78 %)
    (V32B = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V34 = 57 or 46.34 %)
    (V42 = 51 or 41.46 %)
    (V42B = 0 or 0.00 %)
    2400 = 1 ( 0.12 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 701 ( 82.67 %)

    ISDN = 18 ( 2.12 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 727 ( 85.73 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 66 ( 7.78 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 49 ( 5.78 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 114 ( 13.44 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 14 ( 1.65 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 1 ( 0.12 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.59 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 781 ( 92.10 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 243 ( 28.66 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 18 ( 2.12 %)



    [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
    [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
    [ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]

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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Michiel van der Vlist on Fri Apr 5 10:05:59 2024
    Re: FidoNews 41:14 [01/06]: List Of Fidonet Ipv6 Nodes
    By: FidoNews Robot to All on Mon Apr 01 2024 12:59 am

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    (zone, net, node in decimal notation)

    I think this could be clarified better: The zone, net, and node values of the FidoNet address are actually in *hexadecimal* notation, but only using the hexadecimal digits 0-9, so that when viewing the IPv6 address in hexadecimal (as is the norm), it can be more easily visually compared with the decimal representation of that equivalent FidoNet address.
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Sling Blade quote #20:
    Doyle: Hey is this the kind of retard that drools and rubs shit in his hair? Norco, CA WX: 48.0øF, 80.0% humidity, 1 mph SSE wind, 0.12 inches rain/24hrs --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/464.5555 to Rob Swindell on Mon Apr 8 14:12:27 2024
    Hello Rob,

    On Friday April 05 2024 10:05, you wrote to me:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    (zone, net, node in decimal notation)

    I think this could be clarified better: The zone, net, and node values
    of the FidoNet address are actually in *hexadecimal* notation, but
    only using the hexadecimal digits 0-9, so that when viewing the IPv6 address in hexadecimal (as is the norm), it can be more easily
    visually compared with the decimal representation of that equivalent FidoNet address.

    Here we probably run into a case where more explanation will actually lead to more confusion. In the beginning it was considered self explanatory. Until some wise guy created an address with zone, net and node in actual hexadecimal and claimed the "f" for it. That conflicts with the idea of the zone, net and node number being easely identafiable by humans. So I declined and added the explanatory line. And now that leads to confusion. Perhaps just giving an example will be better. How about this:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20130111
    * Origin: Michiel's laptop (2:280/464.5555)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Michiel van der Vlist on Mon Apr 8 20:54:54 2024
    Re: FidoNews 41:14 [01/06]: List Of Fidonet Ipv6 Nodes
    By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Mon Apr 08 2024 02:12 pm

    Hello Rob,

    On Friday April 05 2024 10:05, you wrote to me:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    (zone, net, node in decimal notation)

    I think this could be clarified better: The zone, net, and node values of the FidoNet address are actually in *hexadecimal* notation, but
    only using the hexadecimal digits 0-9, so that when viewing the IPv6 address in hexadecimal (as is the norm), it can be more easily
    visually compared with the decimal representation of that equivalent FidoNet address.

    Here we probably run into a case where more explanation will actually lead to more confusion. In the beginning it was considered self explanatory. Until some wise guy created an address with zone, net and node in actual hexadecimal and claimed the "f" for it. That conflicts with the idea of the zone, net and node number being easely identafiable by humans. So I declined and added the explanatory line. And now that leads to confusion. Perhaps just giving an example will be better. How about this:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555

    Yes, I think an example is a good idea, but clarify that the example IPv6 address represnts the FTN 3D address of 2:280/5555.

    I think the actual term for this representation is "packed BCD": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Rush quote #84:
    Looming low & ominous, twilight premature t-heads rumbling a distance overture Norco, CA WX: 62.1øF, 38.0% humidity, 5 mph W wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/464.5555 to Rob Swindell on Tue Apr 9 10:17:55 2024
    Hello Rob,

    On Monday April 08 2024 20:54, you wrote to me:

    Perhaps just giving an example will be better. How about this:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555

    Yes, I think an example is a good idea, but clarify that the example
    IPv6 address represnts the FTN 3D address of 2:280/5555.

    Isn't that self explanatory?

    I think the actual term for this representation is "packed BCD": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal

    Yes, Binary Coded Decimal... Some microprocessors even had special instructions for that. DAA for the Motorola serie IIRCs. But I don't think it is a good idea to mention that term here. It may lead to more confusion to those among us who have never come across it. So how about this:


    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555 (for node 2:280/5555)


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20130111
    * Origin: Michiel's laptop (2:280/464.5555)
  • From Carlos Navarro@2:341/234.12 to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue Apr 9 17:00:54 2024
    Hello, Michiel van der Vlist.
    On 9/4/24 10:17 you wrote:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555 (for node 2:280/5555)

    How about something like: "Decimal-looking hexadecimal numbers"

    --
    Carlos
    --- Hotdoged/2.13.5/Android
    * Origin: cyberiada (2:341/234.12)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue Apr 9 11:25:14 2024
    Re: FidoNews 41:14 [01/06]: List Of Fidonet Ipv6 Nodes
    By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Tue Apr 09 2024 10:17 am

    it is a good idea to mention that term here. It may lead to more confusion to those among us who have never come across it. So how about this:


    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555 (for node 2:280/5555)

    Yes, I think that's more clear.
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Synchronet "Real Fact" #2:
    Synchronet version 2 for DOS and OS/2 was released to the public domain in 1997 Norco, CA WX: 73.6øF, 17.0% humidity, 4 mph N wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/464.5555 to Carlos Navarro on Tue Apr 9 20:44:57 2024
    Hello Carlos,

    On Tuesday April 09 2024 17:00, you wrote to me:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555 (for node 2:280/5555)

    How about something like: "Decimal-looking hexadecimal numbers"

    Nah, I think that will just give more confusion...

    Thank you for your input.

    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20130111
    * Origin: Michiel's laptop (2:280/464.5555)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/464.5555 to Rob Swindell on Tue Apr 9 20:43:27 2024
    Hello Rob,

    On Tuesday April 09 2024 11:25, you wrote to me:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555 (for node 2:280/5555)

    Yes, I think that's more clear.

    Ok, so that is what it will be then.

    Thank you for your input.


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20130111
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