On Sunday October 26 2014 12:16, you wrote to All:
KE> There are however a number of nets that are true to the roots of KE> Fidonet. I have looked for Fido-nets that have no nodes that can be KE> addressed over IP-BINKD. This is what I have found:
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 42 - Net 420 - Robin Karel Popper
This one however has a telnet server that answers on port 23. So he is still alive.
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 45 - Net 4501 - Maxim Maximchuk
A lone Host line, with no leaf nodes. Suspicious in itself...
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 45 - Net 452 - Alexander Pytlev KE> # Zone 2 - Region 45 - Net 4521 - Aleksey Borunov KE> # Zone 2 - Region 45 - Net 453 - Yury Konovalov KE> # Zone 2 - Region 45 - Net 457 - Alex Chernavin KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 460 - Stas Mishchenkov
Actually, all of region 45 is suppicious. The RC is unreachable...
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4615 - Sergey Gusev KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4616 - Sergey Sryvkin KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 462 - Sergey Shenderuk KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4626 - Roman Onufryk KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4633 - Sergey Kobzuk KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4634 - Xander Plaunoff KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4635 - Igor Kurpas KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4646 - Vitalik Netesa KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4647 - Igor Zhuchiy KE> # Zone 2 - Region 46 - Net 4651 - Vladimir Fursov
Region 46 is Ukrainia. They are at war... :-(
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 48 - Net 484 - Roman Mandziejewicz
Probably dead.
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5012 - Mihail Yakovlev
He is listed as IBN, but the host name does not resolve. Probably dead.
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5027 - Kostya Krivonogov KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5031 - Vlad Dengin KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5035 - Oleg Nuzhdov KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5036 - Sergey Strukov KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5058 - Evgeni Koniuochenko
There are some IBN nodes listed with *.fidonet.net hostnames. Probably dead.
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5085 - Alexander An KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5088 - Gennady Kuzmichev
Host names do not resolve. Probably dead.
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 5099 - Andrew Frolov KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 6004 - Lenya Pashkoff
mineny and ath.cx host names. Same fate as dyndns.org. Probably dead.
KE> # Zone 2 - Region 50 - Net 6035 - Oleg W Levchenko
binkp.net host names in the nodelist doesn't work...
KE> # Zone 1 - Region 11 - Net 2222 - Jerry Cassem
Two leaf nodes - including the aka from the host maked as down. -> dead.
KE> # Zone 1 - Region 11 - Net 2320 - Allen Prunty
The only net in zone 1 with a nodes that carries a - probably errouneous - Tyz user flag. No repsonse on netmail in two years. Probably dead.
KE> # Zone 1 - Region 13 - Net 2600 - Richard Abbott
dtdns host name does nor resolve.
KE> # Zone 1 - Region 15 - Net 104 - Chris Anderson KE> # Zone 1 - Region 16 - Net 323 - Craig Healy
A telnet server answers at port 23...
KE> # Zone 1 - Region 19 - Net 117 - Mike Luther
ots of Pvt nodes. Suspicious...
KE> # Zone 4 - Region 88 - Net 880 - Maximiliano Rioseco KE> # Zone 4 - Region 90 - Net 900 - Ariel Brunetto
Ah... zone 4. ;-)
KE> One may wonder why these nets do not have IP-BINK presence, they KE> could be located in rural areas, where Internet is not available,
That is a theoretical possibility.
KE> their IP connectivity is temporarily down (for over 9 Months) or worse KE> they do not exist.