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    The F I D O N E W S Volume 35, Number 50 10 Dec 2018 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
    My friend Robert Bashe ................................... 2
    And then Bob is gone ..................................... 3
    Results 2018 moderator-election for FIDO_SYSOP ........... 7
    3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 8
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 8
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 11
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 11
    5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 12
    6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 19
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 19
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 20
    7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 22
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 22
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 24

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

    The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward.

    -- Arthur Koestler


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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Dec 10 06:52:27 2018
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    GENERAL ARTICLES =================================================================


    My friend Robert Bashe died on 1 December 2018. I will not easely
    forget him. It must have been decades ago that we first exchanged
    mail. And although we did not always agree, over the years we became
    friends. We met in person on several occasions. Two Fidocons, one at
    his house, one at mine. Bob loved cats. When his "Fang" died he
    wanted another cat. And so he got two offsprings of my BlauwBlauw.
    He came to my house to make a choice. Out of the three kittens, he
    choose the two whites. They were deaf but that didn't bother him.
    He called them Peter and Wendy. Some weeks later he came to my house
    again to pick them up.

    Last time I saw Bob was when I went to his house to pick up a
    motorbike. His Suzuki Bandit was too much for him, he could not
    handle it any more. I bought it. That was in March 2011. The last
    time I saw Bob in person.

    Not so long ago he told me in an e-mail that his health situation
    was detoriating and he was afraid that he would end up as a helpless
    plant. He inquired about the options of voluntary life ending in The Netherlands. Unfortunately I could not be of much help. I feel very
    sad he is gone. But also a little relieved that his worst fears did
    not come true.

    Goodbye Bob, I will miss you.


    Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)




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    And then Bob is gone ...
    Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

    December 1st 2018 ... It was a cold and gloomy day in Belgium
    although it was announced as sunny and nice, then the news hit ...
    my good friend Robert "Bob" Bashe of 2:2448/44 had passed away.

    We may have seen it coming from afar because his health was not good,
    but then again "No, Bob can't die just like that".

    I've known Bob for more than 20 years and we often touched base above
    and beyond Fidonet-stuff.

    Although living in Germany and holding a German passport, he was a
    native from Texas. He came to Europe in the 1960-ies on a
    scholarship, he was a young scientist with an education at a renowned
    US institute, and settled in Germany. He had a wife and a single son.

    Him and I often debated real-life political matters, like for example
    the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) case which was the
    justification for the US's invasion in Iraq. At such moments although
    being a nationalized German citizen, he could suddenly become
    American again ... for a short time at least. Then he remembered his
    last visit there to his parents and the way how he was treated by US
    border officials. Especially after he was blocked in Florida due to
    the 9/11 events and airplane groundings.

    When his parents passed a while ago, the USA for him became something
    of the past.

    He entered my life in an unusual way on December 29th 1998. Suddenly
    the phone rang and an unfamiliar voice said "This is Bob Bashe. Is
    this Ward?"

    The next day he was going to have a visitor, David Moufarrege, the
    then current ZC1. David's ancestry was German and I think he went to
    visit grandparents or so. Bob thought it would be a great idea to
    bring the ZCs of both zone-1 and zone-2 together for an evening. I
    instantly liked the idea and then it hit me "Where the hell is
    Datteln?" ... Hmmm ... 220km ... no GPS in those days and I didn't
    have a map of Germany.

    We had a very friendly meeting and I got to meet 3 really interesting
    people ... Gisbert Rudolph being the third (Gisbert in the meantime
    also has passed away). Talking about Fido chitchat, acknowledging
    there are more important things in life than Fido, a few good beers
    and dinner at a Chinese place. Everybody went home with a good
    feeling.

    Life continued, Bob and I were on the phone often, I still worked for
    the phone company and did not have to worry about international
    dialing. I can remember he slammed the door 2-3 times and left "for
    good", but there was too much Fido in him and the feeling of
    camaraderie.

    So he calls me again "Guess what? David Moufarrege is coming on
    another visit..." ... so I was Datteln-bound again. No Chinese
    restaurant this time, but one with its origins in the Balkan.
    According to Bob there were only 2 decent eateries in Datteln.

    Several years later, we had again another meeting, and I began to
    call them DattelnCon. The drive from my place really wasn't that bad
    and eventually GPS entered the scene. I don't recall what the
    occasion was but we got together with a group of German sysops in the
    Chinese eatery ... I was delayed driving but nobody left and I think
    that everybody was able to interact. I think that my German friends
    realized there's way less politics involved than I'm being accused of
    (even these days). It was a pleasure meeting Alex Woick who was the
    RC24 then, Sven Dueker and the others. The interaction with Uli
    Schroeter went well, a guy you cannot help but like. And when the
    time came for everybody to start the homeward bound journey, it was
    with a bittersweet feeling ... having met some very interesting
    people for the very first time away from the comfort zone of the
    keyboard, maybe also for the last time ... It tasted for more.

    And a next meeting happened in 2007. Present were Uli Schroeter, Kees
    Van Eeten, Michiel van der Vlist, Alex Woick, Steven Leeman, Vladimir
    Donskoi, myself and Bjorn Felten via video-link. And of thisone video
    footage has survived, taken by Steven Leeman. That meeting lasted
    until late in the night after which I agreed to take Vladimir to
    Cologne on the way back, which was a serious detour. When I arrived
    home and Steven still had to drive close to 2 hours, sun was already
    up.

    And then we converged for the very last meeting, I fail to remember
    when it was, but this time it was at Michiel's place in Driebergen
    (the Netherlands). I think 2nd half of 2010. Happened to be the first
    time we got to meet Joe Delahaye back in the lowlands to visit
    relatives.

    Except Bob and Joe, we also had Wilfred Van Velzen there, and I think
    Jan Vermeulen, former RC28, that would also be the last meeting with
    Jan. We simply lost track of him.

    When my father passed away last July, he had this to say about
    son/father relationships ... it was going to be our final contact
    August 5th ...

    ******************************
    I was lucky. My dad took me along on some of his trips to oil well
    drilling sites (which I regretted, since I managed to get stickers in
    my feet), and we did some hunting on the farm. He also bought my
    first guns (410 shotgun and .22 rifle).

    I think the only thing he really regretted was that he didn't have
    more time to spend with me, as he was frequently "in the patch" (on
    an oil well drilling site) and so we didn't see each other much. I
    was closer to my mother, who was nearly always at home, and only
    regretted being closer to my dad later in life, when I would
    understand him better. I might add that my mother was the "boss" of
    the house, and my dad even had a good relationship to my grandmother.
    That isn't often the case, but they got on very
    well.
    ******************************

    Over the years there have been discussions in Fidonet about the fact
    it is a technical network. However there also was an important shift
    towards the social aspect of things. For me, once technology had been
    covered, the 'people behind the keyboard' have always been so much
    more important and interesting ...

    And that's what Bob did ... he built bridges based on the social
    aspects of Fidonet. He could be strongly opinionated and draw blood
    from under your fingernails. At the same time he could also be one of
    the gentlest people I have ever known.

    A true friend, or as close as one could be in Fidonet.

    Bob and cats were synonymous. He used to have a nice one called
    'Fang' and when we met at Michiel's place in Driebergen; there was
    Michiel's cat which just had a litter and Bob looked at them as if
    it were a love-affair ... These are his own words about his cats ...

    **************************
    Is the cat still there?

    Unfortunately, no. He died of feline leukemia not too long afterward.
    Was only around 6 years old, poor guy, he was one of the friendliest
    cats I've ever owned.

    We now have two pure white (deaf) cats, brother and sister, inherited
    from Michiel van der Vlist. I brought them here when they were only 6
    weeks old, and now they're close to 8 years old (end of June). How
    time passes. They are nice "people" and I've never regretted taking
    them both, although they had serious problems as long as we let them
    outdoors - many injuries. I once spent 6 weeks caring for Wendy, the
    female, who had broken her hind leg somehow. It was touch and go for
    a while, but we saved her leg, and now she's in good shape. Peter
    (the brother) later slept under a car and got his tail run over when
    the car backed out (he didn't hear it). So he has a short tail (the
    rest had to be amputated). Since they've been purely house cats - no
    going outdoors - there have been no further problems.

    Cheers, Bob
    **************************

    Maybe Bob was not the grandest of sysops, but in his own way he has
    made Fidonet more enjoyable for some for a short while. He introduced
    me to a lot of people and I had fun, I learned.

    He will not be forgotten by me nor by many others for whom he meant a difference.

    Don't forget to pay the ferryman, Bob !

    Ward Dossche
    Your friend

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    Results 2018 moderator-election for FIDO_SYSOP
    Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

    During the time frame available for the moderator election only one
    candidate stepped forward:

    Janis Kracht

    The posted election rules state the following:

    ************************************************************
    If there is no candidate on 2018.12.01 23:59 UTC, the election
    terminates without a vote and the existing moderator is confirmed
    as the moderator for the next term of two years.

    If there is only one candidate, the election terminates without
    a vote and that person is confirmed as the moderator for the two year
    term.
    ************************************************************

    As there is only 1 candidate within the prescribed time-frame there
    will be no voting.

    As soon as "Vote Verifier" Ben Ritchey certifies this result Janis
    Kracht can assume her position of Moderator.

    Here ends my mandate, I hand it back to the sysop-participants of
    this echo.

    Ward Dossche
    Election Coordinator -----------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

    Updated 8 Dec 2018


    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 Boël Native Spectrum f
    13 2:203/0 Björn 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 DOWN
    24 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
    25 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    26 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    27 2:5053/58 Alexandr Kruglikov Native Aruba S.p.a f
    28 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    29 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    30 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter T-6in4 he.net
    31 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    32 2:5005/33 Evgeny Zyatkov Native RUCITYCONNECT f
    33 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel
    34 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    35 2:2443/1313 Dirk Astrath Native VOLMARNET
    36 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    37 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    38 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6to4 AT&T f
    39 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    40 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith Native Qwest
    41 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    42 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner
    43 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    44 2:5020/1906 Alexander Lobachev Native RU-CENTER 6DWN
    45 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
    46 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
    47 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    48 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
    49 2:5021/46 Dmitry Komissarov Native THEFIRST
    50 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    51 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 Novator
    52 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Choopa
    53 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox Comm
    54 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    55 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
    56 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    57 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    58 2:5030/74 Michael Skolsky Native RU-SKNT 6DWN
    59 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-6in4 he.net
    60 2:400/2992 Avshalom Donskoi Native OVH f PM*1
    61 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    62 2:467/239 Mihail Kapitanov T-6in4 he.net f DOWN
    63 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
    64 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 he.net
    65 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native VPSVILLE f
    66 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
    67 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
    68 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
    69 1 135/367 Antonio Rivera Native RRSW-V6
    70 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
    71 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
    72 1:340/201 Michael Pierce Native ComCast
    73 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net
    74 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
    75 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
    76 1:153/757 Alan Ianson Native TELUS
    77 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko T-6in4 he.net f
    78 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f DOWN
    79 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native Starlink
    80 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
    81 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Belgacom 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
    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: 2001:41d0:303:69c6:f1d0:2:400:2992


    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 for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
    and up). 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 343

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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/* 18.3m 6.6m 347 1.2h 3.5h 347
    201/* 1.3m 0.6m 8 13.1h 10.6h 8
    221/* 1.1m 2.2m 280 5.2h 9.8h 279
    240/* 0.1m 0.1m 6 23.7h 46.6h 6
    280/* 0.8m 2.1m 446 5.2h 5.8h 446
    292/* 3.6m 3.1m 41 3.1h 5.7h 40
    320/* 2.0m 2.3m 298 2.0h 4.5h 298
    423/* 1.7m 0.6m 3 0.6h 0.7h 3
    502/* 0.7m 0.3m 9 3.0h 2.8h 9

    Sigma 5.4m 8.2m 1438 3.6h 7.1h 1436

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    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.341
    size 192.1kb
    date 2018-12-07

    The nodelist has 1023 nodes in it
    and a total of 1561 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    32 regions
    174 hosts
    81 hubs
    admin overhead 291 ( 28.45 %)

    and 132 private nodes
    50 nodes down
    65 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 247 ( 24.14 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 63 ( 6.16 %)
    9600 = 259 ( 25.32 %)
    (HST = 6 or 2.32 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 110 or 42.47 %)
    (V32B = 31 or 11.97 %)
    (V34 = 139 or 53.67 %)
    (V42 = 100 or 38.61 %)
    (V42B = 33 or 12.74 %)
    2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 700 ( 68.43 %)

    ISDN = 57 ( 5.57 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 744 ( 72.73 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 89 ( 8.70 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 59 ( 5.77 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 154 ( 15.05 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 10 ( 0.98 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 5 ( 0.49 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.10 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 870 ( 85.04 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 335 ( 32.75 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 27 ( 2.64 %)



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

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