• FidoNews 32:16 [00/07]: The Front Page

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    The F I D O N E W S Volume 32, Number 16 20 Apr 2015 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+


    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
    The Joy of Virtual Machines .............................. 2
    3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 4
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 4
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 6
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 6
    5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 7
    FidoNet Software References .............................. 7
    6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 12
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 12
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 13
    7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 15
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 15
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 17

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    FOOD FOR THOUGHT =================================================================

    The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
    neutrality in times of moral crisis.

    -- Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia

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

    The Joy of Virtual Machines
    Kurt Weiske, 1:218/700

    I started realitycheckBBS in 1991 and through no fault of my own have
    had susprisingly good luck running the BBS on cast-off, obsolete
    unwanted hardware. In 24 years of operation I can think of one failure
    that caused data loss in all of that time.

    To me, part of the allure of running the BBS was running a dedicated
    "server" for the BBS to save me tying up my desktop system and playing
    with home networking -- in the years I've run the BBS, it's had a
    space under my desk, a workbench in a garage, two walk-in closets
    turned server rooms and been tucked away in an entertainment center -
    and acted as a file server, print server, and any other service I
    could think of at home.

    While my BBS package is actively maintained, most of the software I
    run is trapped in the mid to late-90s. One benefit of old software is
    that it's easy with modern hardware to emulate a system from that era
    in a virtual machine and do away with dedicated systems.

    WHAT'S A VM?

    That's an expansive topic with details best covered elsewhere; at a
    high level a Virtual Machine is a program that emulates a physical
    environment (including hard drives, memory, CPU and peripherals) in
    software.


    With a VM, I can run my BBS in a windows on my modern desktop and not
    worry about older hardware failing. I can share my keyboard, video and
    mouse between systems. Backup is as easy as dragging and dropping
    between windows. If I need to add more memory or disk space, I can do
    that without a huge amount of effort.

    HOW DO I DO IT?

    Other sysops have painted pictures of high-availability,
    high-performance virtual environments; that's not me. I'll describe
    the other end of the spectrum here. I'm using a Core 2 Duo desktop
    systems I bought off-lease a couple of years ago for less than $200.
    It's running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional as the "host" OS. I
    replaced the single smaller SATA drive with 2 large SATA drives and
    set up mirroring.

    Inside of Windows, I'm running VMWare Player, a free virtual machine
    manager. I decided to run Windows XP as the "guest" OS to create a
    nice balance between Windows and DOS app compatibility. Oracle
    VirtualBox and Microsoft Virtual PC are similar packages under
    Windows, and Mac and Linux host operating systems have their own
    options.

    Now, it's time to go into your attic and find that non-OEM CD and
    license for Windows XP you haven't seen for years. OEM copies (the
    kind that came on those "certificates of authenticity") are not
    transferable or re-usable. For this environment, you'll want to use a store-bought copy. Your favorite internet auction site probably has
    copies available.

    Download a program called XPLite (http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html)
    You'll use this to take out everything from Windows you don't need to
    run a BBS. The goal here is to strip out everything that you don't
    need to make a small footprint in your virtual machine, and since XP
    isn't fully supported without some tweaks you want to remove anything
    that could be exploited.

    Conversely, there are pre-made XP distributions called MicroXP and
    TinyXP that are pre-configured cut-down XP environments perfect for
    running a BBS. Distrubuting them is a legal gray area, but there's an
    argument that running a distro and putting in a legit product key is
    no different than installing it yourself. I'm not a lawyer, and you'll
    have to make that determination yourself. MicroXP and TinyXP are
    available via a web search and BitTorrent.

    I've given my XP guest OS 100 GB of my 2 TB drive, 512 MB of my
    8GB of memory, and told it to share 1 CPU. Out of that 512 MB, XP uses
    120 or so. This gives me plenty of resources for desktop use while
    running a VM with my BBS, mailer, utilities and a Shoutcast station.

    This gives me a bare-bones 32-bit environment to run the older DOS and
    Windows 32-bit programs that make up the BBS, with a modern 64-bit OS
    for my day-to-day work.

    Backups? I usually connect a USB drive and do a manual backup once a
    week, but with some VM programs you can do a snapshot, and in a few
    seconds make an image of the VM -- great for doing full system
    restores after an "oops" moment.

    I find it much easier to tweak the BBS in a VM window than I ever did
    sitting in a cramped closet typing on an old keyboard and dim monitor.
    If I'm working remotely I can remote into my desktop system and access
    the BBS at the same time.

    My next project is going to be to find a way to put the BBS into it's
    own VLAN, so I can access it from the desktop but the BBS can't access
    the desktop directly.

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

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

    Updated 9 March 2015


    Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

    1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All
    2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All
    3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net PO4
    4 2:240/1661 Markus Reschke Native DTAG
    5 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist T-AYIY SixXs
    6 1:320/219 Andrew Leary T-6in4 he.net
    7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net INO4
    8 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
    9 2:5034/16 Alexey Ignatov T-6in4 he.net
    10 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky T-6in4 he.net
    11 1:154/10 Nicholas Bo‰l T-6in6 he.net
    12 1:154/701 Nicholas Bo‰l T-6in4 he.net
    13 2:203/0 Bj”rn Felten T-6in4 SixXs
    14 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All INO4
    15 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet
    16 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native ?
    17 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native? ?
    18 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    19 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4
    20 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native
    21 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native T-Mobile
    22 2:222/2 Kim Heino T-6in4 he.net
    23 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh T-6in4 he.net
    24 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
    25 1:266/404 Bill McGarrity Native Comcast
    26 1:135/371 Eric Renfro T-6RD ATT


    Tunnel type:

    T-6in4 Static 6in4
    T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
    T-6to4 6to4
    T-6RD 6RD

    Remarks:

    IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing 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)

    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) Windows defaults to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.



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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 2015-03-22


    URL news://felten.yi.org
    Join http://felten.yi.org/join.html
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2

    URL news://the-estar.com:1119
    Join http://www.easternstar.info
    NETMAIL Yes, 1:123/789

    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, 2:221/361

    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


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

    -=:{ FidoNet Software Reference }:=-

    Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
    P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info

    .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
    `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

    Argus |MI |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84
    | | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889
    | | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001

    BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102
    | | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998

    BinkD |MI |http://binkd.grumbler.org/ 2:463/69
    | | v0.9.10 on Oct 2nd 2008

    D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130
    Nick Andre |I | v3.99 on Feb 19 2014

    FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
    Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net
    | | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003

    FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330
    Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101
    | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX

    Husky Project |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/
    | | v1.4 RC5 on Apr 24th 2006

    Mystic BBS |MTBCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
    |I | v1.10 A31 on Apr 13th 2013

    Radius |MI |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38
    (based on Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
    | | Last Release: v4.010 on Jan 3nd 2005

    Taurus |MI |http://taurus.rinet.ru (Russian) 2:461/70
    | |http://www.fidotel.com/taurus (English)
    (based on Radius) | | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru
    | | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004

    Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608
    | | Website is in Russian only

    WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
    Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
    Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204
    Software, Inc. | | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004
    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org
    | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10

    FMail |T |http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
    | | 1.66.0.33.gpl (2013-10-17)

    JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de
    (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000

    Squish |T |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
    | | Lanuis site redirects to above
    | | Squish is part of Maximus.

    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net
    | | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222

    ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com
    Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com
    | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002

    Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org
    | | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final

    Maximus BBS |B |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
    | | v3.03
    | |Archives back online at:
    | |http://maximus.outpostbbs.net/

    MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
    Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004

    Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net
    | | groberts@nexusbbs.net
    | | v0.99.41-Beta on Oct 16th 2002
    | | [Note: No Longer under active
    | | development.]

    Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be
    | | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002

    RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
    Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
    | | v2.62.2SW

    Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
    Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150
    | | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999

    Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net
    | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
    | | v3.10L Beta
    Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net
    | | support@telegard.net
    | | v3.09g2 SP4
    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
    | | Last Update: August 2004

    Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net
    Sean Dennis | | sean@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200

    DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201
    Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
    Ruth Argust | |

    DoorMUD |D |http://doormud.com
    | | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
    | | Website is down after
    | | past the splash page.

    Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
    | | scott@jibben.com
    | | 1995-99 Release dates

    John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
    | | support@johndaileysoftware.com

    Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
    | | nannette@shiningstar.net

    Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
    Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
    | | Tel: (404) 256-9518

    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: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013
    Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org
    | | last update: Jul 17th 2002

    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de 2:2426/1210.13
    | |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
    | | (English Version)
    | | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
    | | v1.25

    CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only)
    | | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999

    FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460
    | | support@freexp.de
    | | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot)

    OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004
    | | (Site is in German Only)
    | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004
    | | Download Page comes back 404 not found.

    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    GoldEd+ |E |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
    | | 2:5080/102
    | | stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003

    SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de
    | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999

    TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet
    | | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed
    | | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267

    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    FidoIP |MTPEIU|http://sourceforge.net/projects/fidoip
    | | Maxim Sokolsky 2:5020/828.777
    | | v.0.5_1 on Jan 11 2010

    GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
    | | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997

    Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
    | | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230
    | | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway
    | | Program.

    Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
    Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
    (Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001

    MakeNL |U | http://hub2000.darktech.org/makenl
    | | fidonet.hub2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
    | | Fido: 1:229/2000
    | | FidoNet Nodelist Processor

    Meltdown-BBS |UI |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
    | | meltdown-bbs.project.petkan
    | | @spamgourmet.com
    | | Fido: 2:350/5
    | | Meltdown-BBS is an FTN <->
    | | Web/PHP/MySQL BBS forum system.

    RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as
    | |2:5080/102
    | |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v1.1.4 Snapshot on Oct 09 2009

    TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
    | | transnet@ressl.com.ar
    | | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998

    TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard
    Communications, Inc.| | Unsure about support now but Free Keys
    | | are now available. Donations accepted.
    | | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program)

    Turquoise SuperStat |U |http://www.softwolves.pp.se/sw/
    | | software/turquoise
    | | peter@softwolves.pp.se
    | | Version: 3.0 on 2008-01-21


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    National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org

    Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/
    (in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings)

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    File Archives:

    http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.net
    http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com
    http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi
    http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu
    http://www.bbsfiles.com http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

    Note: most also provide FTP access
    (use ftp:// instead of http:// above)

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    Please send corrections & additions to: Fidonews Editor

    Emeritus: Robert Couture, Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane,
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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 20 01:17:03 2015
    =================================================================
    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/* 3.0m 3.6m 433 1.1h 3.5h 433
    201/* 1.1m 0.6m 3 26.1h 4.3h 3
    221/* 0.4m 3.3m 522 6.7h 11.2h 521
    249/* 0.9m 1.4m 277 2.1h 4.4h 277
    266/* 17.7m 11.4m 504 1.8h 6.2h 503
    280/* 1.1m 5.2m 321 4.8h 8.0h 322
    292/* 5.3m 1.2m 11 1.8h 2.9h 4
    320/* 2.2m 3.7m 273 2.8h 5.6h 273
    423/* 1.2m 0.4m 7 1.1h 0.5h 7
    502/* 11.4m 24.1m 16 0.1h 0.1h 16
    640/* 1.1m 2.3m 212 10.6h 7.2h 215

    Sigma 4.7m 9.0m 2579 3.9h 7.8h 2574

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    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.107
    size 261.5kb
    date 2015-04-17

    The nodelist has 1768 nodes in it
    and a total of 2508 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    29 regions
    201 hosts
    159 hubs
    admin overhead 393 ( 22.23 %)

    and 189 private nodes
    68 nodes down
    90 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 347 ( 19.63 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 138 ( 7.81 %)
    9600 = 894 ( 50.57 %)
    (HST = 13 or 1.45 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 1 or 0.11 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 1 or 0.11 %)
    (V32 = 452 or 50.56 %)
    (V32B = 42 or 4.70 %)
    (V34 = 618 or 69.13 %)
    (V42 = 511 or 57.16 %)
    (V42B = 45 or 5.03 %)
    2400 = 4 ( 0.23 %)
    1200 = 2 ( 0.11 %)
    300 = 730 ( 41.29 %)

    ISDN = 106 ( 6.00 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 826 ( 46.72 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 118 ( 6.67 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 57 ( 3.22 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 138 ( 7.81 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 13 ( 0.74 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 6 ( 0.34 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 3 ( 0.17 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 1036 ( 58.60 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 824 ( 46.61 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 107 ( 6.05 %)



    [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
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