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-- F I D O N E W S --
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Henk Wolsink 5:7104/2 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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North American Backbone Echo Changes [Sep-Oct] ........... 2
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Feed Cuts vs. Message Filtering .......................... 2
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Fidonet over IP, Part 4 of 4 ............................. 4
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3. NOTICES .................................................. 12
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4. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 13
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5. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 16
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 1 9 Nov 1998
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EDITORIAL
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Greetings,
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Summer has started in this part of the world and only yesterday
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it was reported that snow was expected on some of the higher
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mountains ranges in the eastern part of South Africa.
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Snow this time of the year? Strange things have happened in the
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past, but this takes the cake.
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Have been busy with many things this past week, including my
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regular job, which left me with very little time to do things
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I needed to do.
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Enjoy reading what there is this week.
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 2 9 Nov 1998
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ARTICLES
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North American Backbone Echo Changes [Sep-Oct]
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by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/9
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lisa@psg.com
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Summary of backbone echo changes during Sep & Oct.
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Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.
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Note: The North American Backbone has changed the format of its
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areafix compatible lists. Backbone.na now lists all NAB
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backbone echos. The backbone.no list has been discontinued.
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Echos that are in jeopardy because of low traffic or an
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expired Elist entry are listed in Section 3 of the weekly
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backstat.na.
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diff (backbone.na + .no) 05-Jul-98 backbone.na 06-Sep-98 [edited].
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Added to the backbone
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> BAD_COPS What ya gonna do when they come for you
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> ENGLISH_TUTOR English Tutoring for the English Language
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> FEED_CUT Inform users sysops and *EC's of echo feed cuts
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> INET_NODELIST FidoNet Nodelisting of Internet Sites
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> INJOY The InJoy Internet Dialer
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> LE/SECURITY Law Enforcement/Security Issues & Concerns
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> LINUX_BBS Linux BBSing
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> MOTOR_SPORTS_RESULTS Various Motor Sports Results
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> NT4_UK Discussion of Microsoft's NT4 Workstation/Server
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> OKLAHOMA GENERAL CHAT FOR OKLAHOMA
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> PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL CHAT FOR PENNSYLVANIA
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> TORNADO.SUPPORT Tornado BBS Software Support Echo
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Removed from the backbone or quasi-backbone
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< ANEWS (not in EchoList since 5/1/98)
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< ANIME (not in EchoList since 6/1/98)
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< ER (low traffic since 4/1/98)
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< FIPS (low traffic since 4/1/98)
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< IRS_HELP (low traffic since 4/1/98)
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< PCBPPL (low traffic since 4/1/98)
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< RAILFANS (not in EchoList since 6/1/98)
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< RECOVERY (not in EchoList since 5/1/98)
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o There are 720 echos in backbone.na [01-Nov-98] (up 111)
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o There are 0 echos in backbone.no (down 107)
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o for a total of 720 backbone echos (up 4)
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 3 9 Nov 1998
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Feed Cuts vs. Message Filtering
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by Jerry Schwartz, 1:142/928
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In last week's FidoNews, Gordon Lewicky made an impassioned
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statement against feed cuts and in favor of "culling" offensive
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posters' messages from echos. Unfortunately, I think he's
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heading down a wrong and very dangerous path.
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If a nuisance poster is denied the ability to post in an echo by
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a sysop, his or her messages simply don't exist -- anywhere.
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However, the proposed culling action would by definition happen
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when the sysop does not agree to restrict access to the echo; so
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the culling would have to occur at one or more other systems.
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At the very least, this presumes that suitable software is
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universally available; but there is a worse problem. Once
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specific messages are being filtered out on certain systems (and
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possibly not on other systems), it will quickly become obvious
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because there will be replies and side comments which won't be
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filtered out. We have enough problems tracking down broken links
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without introducing the appearance of broken links deliberately.
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A more insidious problem is that the widespread, sanctioned use
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of such techniques would provide cover for unsanctioned use.
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"My, oh my, did I accidentally put your name in my filter? I'll
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fix that first thing a week from Tuesday."
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I don't think any of us want to see that.
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 4 9 Nov 1998
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Fidonet over IP, Part 4 of 4:
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Policy aspects about IP-Nodes
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Copyright 1998 by Lothar Behet
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Part 1 and 2 in FidoNews issue contained a definition of
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Fidonet-over-IP and the available software.
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Part 3 was dedicated to possibilities of and actual proposals
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for integration of ip-nodes
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1. Basics (again :)
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Let us take a look on requirements for conventional nodes at first
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(excerpts from the Fidonet policy 4.07):
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1.3.2 Geography
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Each level of FidoNet is geographically contained by the level
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immediately above it. A given geographic location is covered by
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one zone and one region within that zone, and is either in one
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network or not in a network. There are never two zones, two
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regions, or two networks which cover the same geographic area.
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---
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1.3.3 Zone Mail Hour
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Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) is a defined time during which all nodes in a
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zone are required to be able to accept netmail. Each Fidonet zone
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defines a ZMH and publishes the time of its ZMH to all other
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Fidonet zones. See sections 2.1.8 and 10.2.
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---
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2.1.8 Exclusivity of Zone Mail Hour
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Zone Mail Hour is the heart of FidoNet, as this is when network
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mail is passed between systems. Any system which wishes to be a
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part of FidoNet must be able to receive mail during this time
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using the protocol defined in the current FidoNet Technical
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Standards Committee publication (FTS-0001 at this writing).
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It is permissible to have greater capability (for example, to
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support additional protocols or extended mail hours), but the
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minimum requirement is FTS-0001 capability during this one hour
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of the day.
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2.1.9 Private Nodes
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The rare exception to ZMH compliance is private nodes. Persons
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requesting private nodes should be supported as points if
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possible. A private listing is justified when the system must
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interface with many others, such as an echomail distributor.
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In these cases, the exact manner and timing of mail delivery is
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arranged between the private node and other systems. Such an
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agreement between a private system and a hub is not binding on
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 5 9 Nov 1998
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any replacement for that hub. A private node must be a part of
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a network (they cannot be independents in the region.)
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Private listings impact each member of FidoNet, since they take up
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space in everyone's nodelist. Private listings which are for the
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convenience of one sysop (at the expense of every other sysop in
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FidoNet) are a luxury which is no longer possible. Non-essential
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redundant listings (more than one listing for the same telephone
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number, except as mandated by FTSC standards) also fall into this
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category. Sysops requesting private or redundant listings must
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justify them with a statement explaining how they benefit the
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local net or FidoNet as a whole. The Network Coordinator or
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Regional Coordinator may review this statement at any time and
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listings which are not justified will be removed.
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---
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10.2 Timing of Zone Mail Hour
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Zone Mail Hour is observed each day, including weekends and
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holidays. The time is based upon Universal Coordinated Time
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(UTC), also known as Greenwich Mean time (GMT). In areas which
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observe Daylight Savings Time during part of the year, the local
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time of zone mail hour will change because FidoNet does not
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observe Daylight Savings Time. The exact timing of Zone Mail Hour
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is set for each zone by the Zone Coordinator.
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In FidoNet Zone 1, Zone Mail Hour is observed from 0900 to 1000 UTC.
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In each of the time zones, this is:
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Eastern Standard Time 4 AM to 5 AM
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Central Standard Time 3 AM to 4 AM
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Mountain Standard Time 2 AM to 3 AM
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Pacific Standard Time 1 AM to 2 AM
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 6 9 Nov 1998
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Hawaii Standard Time 11 PM to Midnight
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In FidoNet Zone 2, Zone Mail Hour is observed from 0230 to 0330 UTC.
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In Fidonet Zone 3, Zone Mail Hour is observed from 1800 to 1900 UTC.
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In each of the time Zones involved this is:
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GMT +12 Zone 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM
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(New Zealand)
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GMT +10 Zone 4:00 AM to 5:00 AM
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(East Australia)
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(Papua New Guinea)
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(Micronesia)
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GMT +9.5 Zone 3:30 AM to 4:30 AM
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(Central Australia)
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GMT +9 Zone 3:00 AM to 4:00 AM
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(Japan)
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(Korea)
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(Eastern Indonesia)
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GMT +8 Zone 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM
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(Hong Kong)
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(Taiwan)
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(Central Indonesia)
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(Philippines)
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(Western Australia)
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GMT +7 Zone 1:00 AM to 2:00 AM
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(Malaysia)
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(Singapore)
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(Thailand)
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(Western Indonesia)
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---
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 7 9 Nov 1998
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Each Coordinator (i.e. RC, ZC) is responsible for his part the
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nodelist data, which at last is the "phonebook" of Fidonet.
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It contains the required data for a possible direct session
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between any two nodes, as long as they use the same technology
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(certain analog modems, ISDN, IP in the future).
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---
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The requirement of FTS-0001 handshake protocol may be relativated,
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as FTS-0001, Chapter H leaves room for future development over
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non-dial nets, which might include a modified handshaking
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procedure.
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---
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Availability for direct calls from any other node
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Internet connections have one thing in common with ISDN-nodes:
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They can only be accessed with the same type of technology,
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while both are incompatible to each other and to conventional
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PSTN-nodes.
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Since 1993 ISDN-nodes are included in the nodelist with their
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special flags and most of them run at least one additional
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analog line or use specialized terminal adpaters, which support
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conventional calls via ISDN as transport layer as a combined node.
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In fact, there are 3 major points for assigning a node number:
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ZMH (Zone Mail Hour), geography and FTS-0001.
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 8 9 Nov 1998
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2. Effects for IP-Nodes?
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The internet acting as additional carrier for FTN-compatible
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sessions is in fact a non-dial-net, mostly formed of a huge
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mass of permanent communication paths.
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Only the individual session between any two nodes requires both
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systems availability for that duration, so that even dial-in
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users may run Fidonet over ip.
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The timeslice may be ZMH or any other clearly stated online-time
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(i.e. published via T-flags in the nodelist), as long as ZMH is
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included in it. So there is no need for an in most countries
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quite expensive permanent connection to the internet to maintain
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CM-capability (Continues Mail), as this may be realized using
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callback capabilities for the internet connection.
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There is no easy resolution for geography within the internet, as
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neither the ip number nor the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)
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are bound directly to geographical definitions. Even a system with
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a certain FQDN (i.e. www.fidonet.org, fido.nrh.de) might be hosted
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in the USA or any other country.
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This concludes, that the geographical position is bound to the
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sysop home site and this assigns his membership to a certain net
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in the sense of Fidonet.
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FTS-0001 defines all aspects of a certain handshake procedure
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between two nodes, focused on a conventional dial-net via
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telephone lines.
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While Chapter H leaves room for future developments, the strict
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accordance to the FTS-0001 procedure should be thought over again.
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The internet as a carrier medium can not guarantee for a minimum
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bandwidth for a certain session neither for calculatable response
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 9 9 Nov 1998
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times.
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This makes a strict FTS-0001 sessions under certain circumstances
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unreliable or even impossible, as its definition of timeouts is
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insufficient for slow connections via certain parts of the
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internet, especially when satellite links are included on some
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parts of the routing path.
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This uncalculatable response behaviour is considered in some
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modern protocols especially designed for transfer of data via the
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internet (i.e. BinkP), while it still allows the authentification
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based on the fidonet nodelist data. There might be developed other
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variants for fidonet-over-ip in the future, which should be taken
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into consideration, as long as they are publicly available.
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3. Some practical experiences
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As I was one of the early ip-nodes in fidonet, i use strict
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fidonet-over-ip since more than one year. Therefore i especially
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included the chapter about FTS-0001 relativity in this article,
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as BinkP does not fulfill it, but certain connections are really
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impossible with FTS-0001 via telnet or Vmodem.
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Within this year, i saw many nodes announcing ip-capabilities for
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fidonet use, but some them disappeared without any further notice.
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So many lists of ip-nodes (in the future even my own one) are
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unreliable, as long as they are not maintained regularly.
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Other transport protocols:
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FTP does not require the nodelist for authenfication of a
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sessions, is it is a completely closed definition of its own as
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one of the standard functions in the internet.
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Email-based methods generally do not require any direct,
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 10 9 Nov 1998
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authentificated session between the recipants.
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4. Conclusion
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An IP-node may be a "legal" part of Fidonet, as long as his system
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is available at least at ZMH.
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His system must support a direct handshaking session over ip,
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while nodelist data is used for calling and authentification.
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He belongs to a certain geographical net, based on his home site
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and his NC handles his nodelist entry in a responsible manner.
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Additional protocols should be considered as announcable, as some
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interested people might use it without installation of a complete
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node-system software package for easy participation within fidonet
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below the node-status.
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In my proposal (see part 3) I considered all of the above aspects,
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including the possible future developments, which might not be
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calculated completely at this time.
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The the nomenclature of the flags with an leading "I" just shows
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any node directly the participation of a special class (comparable
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to Vxxx for ISDN nodes, Hxx for Hst, Zxx for Zyxel), the official
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definition of ip-flags is more important than their optical
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design.
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Sources and availability:
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For an actual compilation of sources, download and other
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information, just take a look on
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http://home.nrh.de/~lbehet/fido/
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(The site is tri-lingual (english/german/partly esperanto) at
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this moment, but volunteer translators are already busy :)
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 11 9 Nov 1998
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Testing FIP all around the world:
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Beside connections to the authors system (fido.nrh.de at
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194.231.142.17) with BinkP:24554, Telnet:23 and Vmodem:3141,
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the above mentioned website offers an ip nodelist, which is
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continuously growing :)
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Legal information:
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Copyright 1998 by Lothar Behet
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This series of articles may be distributed freely within the
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fidonet community.
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The distribution (partially or complete) on digital or printed
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media without explicit authorization of the author is prohibited.
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 12 9 Nov 1998
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NOTICES
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Future History
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23 Nov 1998
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35th Anniversary of Doctor Who.
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1 Dec 1998
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Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
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Tom Jennings.
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16 Feb 1999
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13th Anniversary of the introduction of EchoMail by Jeff Rush.
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12 May 1999
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12th Anniversary of Fido Operations in Zone 4;
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10th Anniversary of the creation of FidoNet Zone 4.
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24 Jul 1999
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XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
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9 Jun 1999
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Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of FidoNet Policy 4.07.
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10 Sep 1999
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10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.
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26 Oct 1999
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Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.
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31 Dec 1999
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Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
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1 Jan 2000
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
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1 Jun 2000
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EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
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15 Sep 2000
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Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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21 Sep 2000
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10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR)
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1 Jan 2001
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This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 13 9 Nov 1998
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the
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FidoNews Editor as of this issue; see the notice at the end.
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FidoNet:
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Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
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FidoNews http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
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http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html [ASCII]
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WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
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FTSC page http://www.goldware.dk/ftsc
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Echomail [pending]
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WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html [TFN]
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General http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
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http://www.trak-one.co.uk/foti
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http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fidonet-discussion
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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
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Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
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Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
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Region 17: http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/
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Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/
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Region 19: http://www.compconn.net/r19
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Zone 1 Elist http://www.baltimoremd.com/elist/
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
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ZEC2:
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Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/echolist/
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)
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Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
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Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/~lbehet/fido (English/German)
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Region 25: http://www.bsnet.co.uk/net2502/net/
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Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
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REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
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Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French)
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Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (German)
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Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)
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Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish)
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REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
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Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
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Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
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Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)
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Region 42: http://www.fido.cz
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Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
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Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian)
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Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian)
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Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian)
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Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English)
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Net 5073: http://people.weekend.ru/soa/ (Russian)
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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
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Zone 4: http://www.altern.org/zone4
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Region 90: http://visitweb.com/fidonet
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Net 903: http://www.playagrande.com/refugio
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Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)
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Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
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Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (Chinese)
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Pages listed above are as submitted to the FidoNews Editor,
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and generally reflect Zone and Regional Web Page sites. If
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no Regional site is submitted, the first Network page from
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that Region is used in its place. Generally, Regional pages
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should list access points to all Networks within the Region.
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FIDONEWS 15-45 Page 15 9 Nov 1998
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TCP/IP accessible node access information should be submitted
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to the FidoNews Editor for inclusion in their Region or Zone.
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-----------oOo-------------
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
|
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|
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Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate
|
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-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+-----------
|
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1:12/12 | Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo.
|
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1:13/25 | Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo.
|
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1:124/7008 | Ben Hamilton |FTP,VMoT,F2I,UUE| 64k | $10/$20mo.
|
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1:140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP | T1 | $5/$20
|
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1:270/101 | George Peace | FTP | T1 | $30mo.
|
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1:271/140 | Tom Barstow | F2I | ??? | $2mo.
|
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1:275/1 | Joshua Ecklund | UUE,F2I | 28.8 | $10/yr.
|
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1:280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
|
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1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,UUE | T1 | unkn
|
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1:2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP,VMoT | T1 | $1mo.
|
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1:2424/3121| Earl Clark | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
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1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo.
|
||
1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VFOS | 33.6 | $15yr.
|
||
1:345/0 | Todd Cochrane | FTP | T1 | n/c
|
||
1:346/250 | Aran Spence | FTP,UUE | T1 | $10mo.
|
||
1:342/1022 | Steve Steffler | UUE,F2I | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
1:3651/9 | Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
|
||
1:396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1 | $15mo.
|
||
2:2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich | UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
2:33/505 | Mario Mure | VMoT,UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
2:335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
2:469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
|
||
2:2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
|
||
2:2490/5170| Lenny Murphy | F2I | ??? | n/c
|
||
5:7104/2 | Henk Wolsink | FTP | 28.8 | n/c
|
||
--
|
||
+ VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
|
||
+ F2I = Fido2Int (W95)
|
||
+ UUE = uuencode<->email packet transfers
|
||
|
||
compiled by C. Ingersoll, 1:2623/71, (609)814-1978, fbn@dandy.net
|
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Posted on the 1st of every month in FN_SYSOP, R13SYSOP and Fidonews.
|
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|
||
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|
||
! Origin: * Fly By Night * (609)814-1978 *(1:2623/71)
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