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FidoNews · Vol 26, No 31 · 03 Aug 2009

     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 26, Number 31             03 Aug 2009 
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                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. GENERAL ARTICLES  .........................................  2
        FidoNet and IPv6  .........................................  2
     3. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ......................  5
        FidoNet Software References  ..............................  5
     4. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 10
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 10
     5. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 12
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 12
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 14
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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     The sensible are always mocked by those who earn more money if you
     will trust *them*

          -- Johan Ehrenberg, Swedish journalist

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                             GENERAL ARTICLES
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                  FidoNet and IPv6
         By Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555


     It seems to be a human trait, almost as if it is in the genes: to
     grossly underestimate the effects of growth. Tom Jennings version 1 of
     the BBS/mailer programme Fido had room for 1024 nodes. This was
     quickly corrected by first adding nets, then zones and last but not
     least: points, The fionet address space is 60 bits wide. There is room
     for 1.15*10^18 or just over one trillion nodes. (In the European
     number naming system.) As Fidonet is no longer growing, there is no
     danger of Fidonet ever running out of address space. This contrary to
     the InterNet. In the classic internet numbering system (IPv4) there is
     room for 2^32 or just over four milliard addresses. Again using the
     European number naming system. Note that FidoNet has a much larger
     addressing space than the InterNet.

     Not all of the mathematically available numbers in a 32 bit wide
     number are available as public IP adresses. Some adressem have been
     reserved for special purposes. Some 3.6 milliard addresses are
     available for unique public addresses, Of these only 11% are now
     unallocated and it is expected that the IANA will run our of their
     pool of unassigned addresses within two years. That does not mean that
     the last IPv4 address will be issued then, there is still the pools
     administered by the five Regional Internet Registries, Their pools are
     expected to last at least another nine month. These projections may be
     inaccurate, but one thing is certain: the IPv4 numbers will run out in
     a couple of years. This article is nopt abpout when exactly it will
     happen, this is about the consequences for Fidonet when it happens.

     The remarkable thing is that the InterNet community is so slow to take
     action. The next generation standard, IPv6 was already drafted in 1990
     or so but only now do we see some attempts to get ISP's and end users
     interested. Well, better late than never, IPv6 is coming. In The
     Netherlands major ISP Xs4ALL started offering native IPv6 to end
     users.

     So how will this effect FidoNet? Maybe not at all. That the IPv4
     addresses run out, does not mean that IPv4 will go out like a lamp. It
     is not like the oil running out, and all cars coming to a halt. The IP
     numbers that were assigned can still be used and The IPv4 network can
     and will co-exist with the IPv6 network for years if not for decades
     to come. It is just that no new IPv4 numbers will be issued. Maybe
     FidoNet will die before any problem emerges. Maybe the depletion of
     IPv4 numbers will only affect new sysops. Or maybe not...

     I see two scenarios:

     1) ISP's will go IPv6 and new users will only get IPv6 addresses. In
     Europe there is some pressure from "above" to get moving with the
     transition to IPv6. The European Commission has decreed that by 2010,
     25% of all users must be IPv6 capable. I do not know if that target
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     will be reached, but at least there is some pressure. So ISP's will
     probably migrate to IPv6 when their pool of IPv4 addresses for end
     users runs out.

     2) In the US and other countries where there is less pressure, ISP's
     may choose a "solution" that requires less long term investment. They
     may choose to no longer issue public addresses to their end users, but
     put them behind a NAT and issue them IPv4 numbers in a private range
     (10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x). If that happens it will affect FidoNet big
     time, because it will effectively stop end users from running servers.
     Many ISP's do not like end users running servers and this might just
     be the excuse to curb the practise. They may- or may not - offer a
     public IP at extra cost.

     The answer in both case is to go IPv6. It is a common misunderstanding
     that users must wait for their ISP to go IPv6. But one does not have
     to wait for the ISP. One can use an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel. There are
     dozens of so called "tunnel brokers" where one can get a tunnel to a
     so called Point of Presence. Some do it for free, some ask a fee. All
     "new" operating systems have IPv6 already build in. Windows from XP
     on, Linux, and MAC-Oos have it, it just needs to be turned on. For
     Window 2000 there is an add-on.

     Getting access to the IPv6 infrastructure is not all that hard. But of
     course that is not enough. The applications must also be IPv6 capable.
     For the "popular" stuff like browsers and e-mail agents, that is no
     problem. But what about the Fidonet stuff? Well, there is some work to
     do. Of the known IP mailers none support IPv6 at present. We can
     probably forget about the none open source stuff like Irex. Most of it
     is abandonware, so there is no way to add IPv6 capability, The best
     hope is probably for binkd as that is open source and so adding IPv6
     capability should not be all that hard. Argus/Taurus/Radius may also
     be an option. although the developers have abandoned it, the source is
     available, so there is hope.

     But if we can not uograde our FidoNet software to support IPv6 and
     ISP's force us to use IPv6 on;y, there us still another trick: IPv4
     over IPv6 tunneling. If every node instaal IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel
     software, we can build our own virtual private IPv4 network and run
     Fido over IP over that. It is a bit of a kludge, but it can be done if
     the need arises.

     Most important is that we regain the pioneer spirit that once was so
     prevalent in FidoNet . There was a time when FidoNet was a leader in
     network communication, instead of bunch of old farts in wheel chairs
     thet just keeps rolling on inertia. BBSing and FidoNet were a driving
     force behind the modem industry. We - the sysops - were pioneers. Let
     us do it again. Let us see the conversion to IPv6 as a challenge.
     Instaed of just waiting for the inevitable to happen, let us make an
     active contribution. Let us be a the louse in the hide of the ISP's as
     we once were for the telcos. Let us nag them to get moving with IPv6.
     Let us make our systems available through IPv6 and so make a
     contribution towards better global communication.


     References:
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     The IPv4 address report:
         http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html
     IPv4 Exhaustion Counter:
         http://inetcore.com/project/ipv4ec/index_en.html
     IANA IPv4 Address Space Registry
         http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/
     6DISS IPv6 e-learning
         http://www.6diss.org/e-learning/
     go6 The IPv6 Portal:
         http://www.go6.net/
     The IPv6 forum:
         http://www.ipv6forum.com/
     IPv6 Support in Home Routers
         http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/IPv6_IGD.mspx
     Running IPv6 by ex FidoNet sysops Iljitsch van Beijnum:
         http://www.runningipv6.net/
     Living with IPv6:
         http://www.personal.psu.edu/dvm105/blogs/ipv6/
     SixXS - IPv6 Deployment & Tunnel Broker:
         http://www.sixxs.net/main/


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                    FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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                    -=:{ 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://2f.ru/binkd/
                           |     | maloff@corbina.net
                           |     | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000 (Outdated)

      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 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003

      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

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      FMail                |T    |http://fmail.nl.eu.org
                           |     | support@fmail.nl.eu.org  v1.60

      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

     EZYCom BBS            |BT   |http://ezycom.sytes.net
                           |     |http://members.westnet.com.au/centuryp/
                           |     | ezycom@westnet.com.au    3:690/682
                           |     | v2.0 on 3 May 2003

      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

      Mystic BBS           |B    |http://www.mysticbbs.com
                           |     | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001

      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

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      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
                           |     |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
                           |     | (English Version)
                           |     | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
                           |     | v1.25                   2:2426/1210.13
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      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://mik.nu/golded-plus/   2:203/6600
                           |     | 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

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

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

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

      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)

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

      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.

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

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


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

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

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

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

      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)

     *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*

      Please send corrections & additions to: Fidonews Editor

         Emeritus: Robert Couture, Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane,
                   Frank Vest, Peter Popovich

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                             SPECIAL INTEREST
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                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.212
                size  497.5kb
                date  2009-07-31

      The nodelist has   3845 nodes in it
        and a total of   5418 non-comment entries

              including     5 zones
                           41 regions
                          279 hosts
                          282 hubs
         admin overhead   607 ( 15.79 %)

                    and   434 private nodes
                          226 nodes down
                          306 nodes on hold
      off line overhead   966 ( 25.12 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    283 (  7.36 %)
                9600 =   2842 ( 73.91 %)
                              (HST  =   61 or   2.15 %)
                              (CSP  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (PEP  =    1 or   0.04 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.04 %)
                              (V32  = 1389 or  48.87 %)
                              (V32B =   90 or   3.17 %)
                              (V34  = 1902 or  66.92 %)
                              (V42  = 1600 or  56.30 %)
                              (V42B =   99 or   3.48 %)
                2400 =     25 (  0.65 %)
                1200 =      5 (  0.13 %)
                 300 =    690 ( 17.95 %)

                ISDN =    252 (  6.55 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             1143
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
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      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 5
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                        2
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          0
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      18
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     150
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                1405
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1122
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   1547 ( 40.23 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   2076 ( 53.99 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    302 (  7.85 %)
      Other             =    -80 ( -2.08 %)

      [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
      [        Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]

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                    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability

     + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  FIDONEWS STAFF - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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     | Editor:        Björn Felten, 2:2/2                             |
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