• FidoNews 35:01 [00/07]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Jan 1 07:53:26 2018
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 35, Number 01 01 Jan 2018 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+


    Table of Contents
    1. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 1
    IPv6 in 2017 ............................................. 1
    2. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 4
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 4
    3. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 6
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 6
    4. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 8
    5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 15
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 16
    6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 18
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 20

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    GENERAL ARTICLES =================================================================

    IPv6 in 2017
    By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555


    Another year has passed. When we compare the statistics as published
    by the end of 2016 with those of today, we see that IPv6 in Fidonet
    has grown again. From 51 to 64 nodes.


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    The exponential growth in the first five years however did not
    continue. Until the end of 2015, the number almost doubled every
    year. In 2016 we had a mere net increase of 12 nodes. I say "net"
    because in 2016, not only did we see new IPv6 nodes, we also saw
    nodes disappear from the list. Three stopped supporting IPv6, two
    left Fidonet altogether. This trend continued in 2017. Another net
    increase of 13 nodes, one more than last year. So we now have steady
    growth.

    A trend we do not really see continue is the move towards native
    IPv6. In last year's list we saw 33 nodes with native IPv6 and 18
    nodes that used a tunnel. In today's list we see 42 nodes with
    native IPv6 and 22 using a tunnel. The ratio remains at about 2/3
    native, 1/3 tunnel. This is not what I expected and goes against the
    general trend on the InterNet that native IPv6 is slowly gaining
    foot and replacing transition mechanisms such as tunnels. Maybe what
    we are seeing is that the Fidonet Pioneer Spirit is still here and
    that sysops do not want to wait for providers to support native IPv6
    and take things in their own hands by setting up tunnels.

    Speaking about tunnels, 2017 was the year that major tunnel provider
    SixXs closed shop. It did not come as a surprise, at the end of 2016
    I already wrote that the main driving force Jeroen Massar showed
    signs of fatigue and that I would not be surprised if SixXs were to
    close down in the not too distant future. That prediction came true.
    SixXs closed down on 2017-06-06. Thank you Jeroen, thank you Pim for
    fifteen years of a valuable free service.

    The impact of SixXs' sunset on Fidonet was minimal. In Jan 2017 there
    were just two systems left that used a SixXs tunnel. There had been
    more in the past but they either got native IPv6 or they had already
    taken their data elsewhere. Those two eventually moved to he.net and
    so the impact on Fidonet was minimal.

    He.net shows no signs of preparing to close their free tunnel service
    any time soon. But nothing lasts forever, so let us continue to ask
    our providers for native IPv6.

    What we did not see in 2016 and still have not seen in 2017 either
    is the coming of systems that no longer have a public IPv4 address
    because their provider converted them to a DS-Lite connection. The
    exhaustion of the IPv4 address space not only makes IPv6 unavoidable,
    it also makes it unavoidable that at least part of the internet
    community will have to make do with a DS-Lite connection and so no
    longer has a public IPv4 address. The trend that providers, mostly
    in Europe and Australasia, are switching to DS-lite continues. Some
    providers only put new customers on DS-Lite and allow existing
    customers to keep their public IPv4 address, others are move existing
    customers to DS-Lite as well. It has not affected Fidonet yet, but I
    expect that to be a metter of time. DS-Lite is unavoidable and it
    will affect Fidonet. If not next year, then surely in the years to
    come.

    To be prepaired I did a series of test the past year to see if
    running a Fidonet node from a DS-Lite connection was doable. The
    conclusion was that it certainly is doable, with or without the help
    of a third party offering an IPv4 to IPv6 port proxy service like https://www.feste-ip.net/?ref=18105

    The tests are document in Fidonews 34:20 of May 2017, 34:31 of July
    2017, 34:33 and 34:38 of August 2017.

    Fidonet will survive the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses. But only for
    those that move to IPv6. Unfortunately like in the Big Bad World
    there are people that are in denial regarding global warming, there
    is a non negligible fraction of Fidonet sysops that are in denial
    regarding IPv6. They seem to think that it is just a conspiracy to
    extract more money from the cutomers, a hoax or a hype that will blow
    over.

    Well, it ain't. IPv4 address exhaustion is real and IPv6 is
    unavoidable. Those that remain in denial will eventually be left
    behind. It may take a while, maybe another decade, but running a
    Fidonet node on an IPv4 only connection will eventually lead to
    isolation. IPv6 is a must, not an option.


    Happy IPv6 in 2018.




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    LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

    List of Ipv6 nodes
    By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

    Updated 31 December 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 Bo‰l Native Spectrum f
    13 2:203/0 Bj”rn 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-6in4 he.net
    21 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    22 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
    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 2:280/1043 Michel van Osenbruggen Native BIT
    27 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    28 2:5053/58 Alexandr Kruglikov Native CJSC The First
    29 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    30 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    31 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter T-6in4 he.net
    32 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    33 2:5005/33 Evgeny Zyatkov Native RUCITYCONNECT f
    34 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel
    35 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    36 2:2443/1313 Dirk Astrath Native VOLMARNET
    37 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    38 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    39 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6to4 AT&T f
    40 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    41 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith Native Qwest
    42 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin T-6in4 he.net
    43 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    44 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner
    45 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    46 2:5020/1906 Alexander Lobachev Native RU-CENTER
    47 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
    48 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
    49 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    50 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
    51 2:5021/46 Dmitry Komissarov Native THEFIRST
    52 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    53 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 Novator
    54 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Choopa
    55 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox Comm
    56 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    57 2:4800/12 Robert Jakub Native ZORG
    58 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
    59 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    60 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    61 2:5030/74 Michael Skolsky Native RU-SKNT
    62 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-6in4 he.net
    63 2:5020/2992 Vladimir Donskoy Native OVH f PM*1
    64 2:2019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    65 2:467/239 Mihail Kapitanov Native Choopa


    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 listed or does not advertise an
    IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.
    *1 IPv6 address: 2001:41d0:000a:1a3b:f1d0:2:5020:2992

    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.

    Submitted on day 365

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    JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST =================================================================

    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 2017-11-17


    URL news://felten.yi.org
    Join http://fidonews.eu
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2

    URL news://quinnspost.nodelist.net:60119
    Join mailto:eskimo261&#64;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: news.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
    Join mailto:sysop@tequilamockingbirdonline.net
    NETMAIL Yes, 1:266/404

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    FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING =================================================================



    =================================================================
    FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
    =================================================================

    BBS Software List

    Updated 2017-12-30

    Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
    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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    ==> 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-96 (alpha)
    | | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
    | | /mailer/binkd/
    | |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/

    D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm
    |I | 1:1/130
    Nick Andre | | v3.99 SR 18 on 2017-12-29

    FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
    | | cdp/fp_deluxe/
    | | v2.4 on 2003-09-26

    FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:20/4609
    Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
    | | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15

    InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
    Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
    | | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28

    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@gmx.us 2:292/140
    Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.6 on 2017-11-05

    HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
    | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

    HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
    Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

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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/
    | | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21

    InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
    Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
    | | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28

    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

    NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
    | | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01

    RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
    | | bfmorse@rapro.com
    | | 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
    | | 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
    | | This list is specifically for
    | | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
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    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

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    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 =================================================================

    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/* 5.8m 4.3m 220 0.7h 2.5h 220
    201/* 1.2m 0.5m 14 8.7h 10.7h 14
    221/* 1.3m 5.1m 137 2.2h 3.4h 137
    266/* 3.6m 0.6m 330 1.8h 3.1h 330
    280/* 3.2m 12.0m 280 4.5h 4.7h 280
    292/* 8.6m 13.0m 20 0.4h 0.5h 13
    320/* 1.3m 0.9m 309 1.8h 3.0h 309
    423/* 1.5m 0.4m 7 6.3h 0.3h 7
    502/* 17.2m 29.1m 7 0.1h 0.0h 7
    640/* 1.2m 0.8m 8 6.7h 9.0h 8

    Sigma 3.2m 6.8m 1332 2.3h 3.9h 1325

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    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.363
    size 201.3kb
    date 2017-12-29

    The nodelist has 1066 nodes in it
    and a total of 1632 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    32 regions
    181 hosts
    90 hubs
    admin overhead 307 ( 28.80 %)

    and 136 private nodes
    69 nodes down
    54 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 259 ( 24.30 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 69 ( 6.47 %)
    9600 = 271 ( 25.42 %)
    (HST = 7 or 2.58 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 123 or 45.39 %)
    (V32B = 51 or 18.82 %)
    (V34 = 174 or 64.21 %)
    (V42 = 108 or 39.85 %)
    (V42B = 53 or 19.56 %)
    2400 = 2 ( 0.19 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 724 ( 67.92 %)

    ISDN = 60 ( 5.63 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 779 ( 73.08 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 98 ( 9.19 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 55 ( 5.16 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 155 ( 14.54 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 14 ( 1.31 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 5 ( 0.47 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.09 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 887 ( 83.21 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 381 ( 35.74 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 28 ( 2.63 %)



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

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