• FidoNews 40:14 [00/08]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 3 00:14:54 2023
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 40, Number 14 03 Apr 2023 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    Table of Contents
    1. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 1
    Run your BBS in a virtual homelab ........................ 1
    2. FTSC INFORMATION ......................................... 3
    3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 8
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 8
    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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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 3 00:14:54 2023
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    GENERAL ARTICLES =================================================================

    Run your BBS in a virtual homelab
    Kurt Weiske - 1:218/700


    Are you still running your BBS on a dusty old PC in the corner?

    With a second-hand PC (or that PC you have laying around after a
    desktop upgrade) you could set up a virtual homelab, letting you play
    with new operating systems, new applications, and give that BBS a new
    home.

    What's a virtual homelab? By using a PC and a hypervisor, you could
    run several virtual systems on one physical server, including your
    BBS.

    Hypervisors are operating systems that let you run other systems,
    virtually, on top of the hypervisor. VMWare ESXi, qemu, xcp-ng and
    others are hypervisors in common use running homelabs. Since the
    underlying OS isn't meant to do much except run virtual machines,
    bare-metal hypervisors don't use many resources, freeing resources for
    the virtual machines running inside of it.

    Want to block ads on all of your devices at home? Play with home
    automation? serve your videos and music to smart TVs? Back up your
    desktop? Make a quick backup of the BBS before a major upgrade? You
    can do all of this and more with a virtual homelab.

    I set up a homelab to test out new applications outside of work, got
    familiar with the tech, saw the advantages and thought, why not run
    the BBS as a guest VM and get rid of the BBS box?

    I'm using Proxmox, a bare-metal hypervisor based on Debian Linux, kvm
    and qemu. It runs on most any hardware that runs Debian, unlike
    VMWare's pickier products. It's free and community supported, but with
    a paid support option.

    I'm using the same hardware that used to run just the BBS, but with
    Proxmox I have multiple virtual machines running on the same system,
    plus the ability to do "snapshot" backups, real-time backups of the
    file system while the system is running. Those are very handy when
    doing an upgrade that could break your system.

    (full disclosure: you'll need to plan for enough RAM and disk to host
    the virtual servers, which could mean needing more of both. I'm
    running 16GB of RAM and a 1TB hard disk, which is more than enough for
    a small lab.)

    If you want to dabble in virtual machines without making the move to a
    full bare-metal lab, you could try out Oracle Virtualbox, Qemu or
    VMWare Player on your desktop PC and run a couple of virtual instances
    there.

    With a homelab you can create a DOS-appropriate environment for that
    old DOS BBS, emulate common network and video hardware that had wide
    support with older OSes, run 32-bit OSes on modern hardware, or run
    multiple systems all with the same physical footprint.

    Long gone is the homelab I had in the 2000s, with one hardware
    firewall, a BBS box, web/mail server, and test Windows box - each a
    physical server taking up a good part of my garage - and each using electricity.





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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 3 00:14:54 2023
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    FTSC INFORMATION =================================================================

    The challenge period has now expired for the 2023 FTSC Standing Member Election.

    18 ballots were received from 17 RCs in 3 Zones. 2 ballots were
    rejected as detailed below.

    The final results are below:

    ----------------------------------------------
    | Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
    |----------------------|-------------|----|----|
    | Andrew Leary | 1:320/219 | 16 | |
    | Carol Shenkenberger | 1:275/100 | 7 | 9 |
    | Nick Andre | 1:229/426 | 12 | 4 |
    | Deon George | 3:633/509 | 12 | 4 |
    | Maurice Kinal | 1:153/7001 | 8 | 8 |
    | mark lewis | 1:3634/12 | 9 | 7 |
    ----------------------------------------------

    Ballots Received
    ----------------

    RC33
    RC24
    RC25
    RC20
    RC28
    RC29
    RC54
    RC10
    RC19
    RC40
    RC56
    RC50
    RC12
    RC13
    RC17
    RC34
    RC33 (Revised)
    RC11

    Ballots Rejected/Reason
    -----------------------

    RC25 - Not listed as RC in NODELIST.027 as issued by Z2C
    RC33 - Second (Revised) ballot rejected

    Candidates Andrew Leary, Nick Andre, Deon George, and Mark Lewis
    received more Yes than No votes, and therefore will be accepted as
    Standing Members of the FTSC for a 2 year term, effective on
    27 March 2023. Their terms will expire on 27 March 2025.

    Regards,

    Andrew Leary
    FTSC Election Coordinator

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 3 00:14:54 2023
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    LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

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

    Updated 1 April 2023


    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 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 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
    9 1:154/10 Nicholas Boel Native Spectrum f
    10 2:203/0 Bjorn Felten T-6in4 he.net
    11 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f INO4
    12 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
    13 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov T-6in4 he.net f
    14 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    15 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
    16 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native CZ-IJC-20071015
    17 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    18 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
    19 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    20 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    21 3:770/100 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    22 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native TTK-Volga f
    23 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    24 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    25 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
    26 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    27 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
    28 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    29 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    30 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    31 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    32 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
    33 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    34 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
    35 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    36 2:240/5413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    37 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
    38 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    39 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
    40 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    41 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FirstByte
    42 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    43 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    44 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    45 2:467/239 Mykhailo Kapitanov Native Vultr f
    46 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
    47 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
    48 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native KPN
    49 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
    50 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
    51 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 TUNNEL-BROKER-NET-0
    52 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
    53 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
    54 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
    55 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
    56 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
    57 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native SAGE-SU-V6
    58 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
    59 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
    60 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native FirstVDS f
    61 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
    62 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
    63 2:240/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
    64 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
    65 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
    66 1:102/127 Bradley Thornton Native Hetzner
    67 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
    68 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
    69 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC-NET
    70 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
    71 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
    72 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
    73 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
    74 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
    75 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    76 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
    77 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    78 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
    79 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
    80 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
    81 2:301/113 Alisha Stutz T-6in4 he.net
    82 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 Route48 f DOWN
    83 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 Route48 f INO4 DOWN
    84 1:134/102 Shelley Petersen T-6in4 Route48 f INO4 DOWN
    85 1:134/103 Gordon Muirhead T-6in4 Route48 f DOWN
    86 1:134/301 Brandon Moore T-6in4 Route48 f INO4 DOWN
    87 1:134/302 Adam Park T-6in4 Route48 f 6DWN
    88 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
    89 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
    90 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native HURRICANE-IPV6-24
    91 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
    92 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN f
    93 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
    94 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
    95 1:266/420 Scott Street Native Comcast OO HOLD
    96 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
    97 1:142/104 Clive Reuben Native SNETFCC-1 6DWN
    98 2:301/1 Alisha Stutz Native CH-DATAWIRE
    99 3:633/267 Andrew Clarke Native Widebandnetv6 6DWN
    100 2:5035/63 Vladimir Goncharov Native RFEIV6NET
    101 2:5020/290 Andrew Kolchoogin T-6in4 he.net
    102 1:218/401 James Downs Native Scaleway PM *1
    103 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6in4 he.net
    104 2:5030/49 Sergey Myasoedov Native FR-VIRTUA-SYSTEMS
    105 1:218/820 Ryan Fantus Native DIGITALOCEAN


    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.

    PM *1 lounge.egontech.com

    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 092

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 3 00:14:54 2023
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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

    221/* 0.9m 0.4m 644 4.7h 7.1h 643
    280/* 0.7m 0.4m 855 3.7h 5.4h 855
    292/* 2.6m 1.4m 7 3.3h 3.8h 6
    320/* 2.4m 1.4m 158 3.4h 9.6h 158

    Sigma 0.9m 0.8m 1664 4.0h 6.6h 1662

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    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.090
    size 167.0kb
    date 2023-03-31

    The nodelist has 910 nodes in it
    and a total of 1325 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    33 regions
    167 hosts
    59 hubs
    admin overhead 263 ( 28.90 %)

    and 93 private nodes
    32 nodes down
    27 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 152 ( 16.70 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 24 ( 2.64 %)
    9600 = 154 ( 16.92 %)
    (HST = 2 or 1.30 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 69 or 44.81 %)
    (V32B = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V34 = 65 or 42.21 %)
    (V42 = 63 or 40.91 %)
    (V42B = 0 or 0.00 %)
    2400 = 1 ( 0.11 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 731 ( 80.33 %)

    ISDN = 21 ( 2.31 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 771 ( 84.73 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 76 ( 8.35 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 57 ( 6.26 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 162 ( 17.80 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 15 ( 1.65 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 1 ( 0.11 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.55 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 829 ( 91.10 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 263 ( 28.90 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 17 ( 1.87 %)



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

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