Subj : New results. Much better but still not perfect.
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Dmitry Protasoff
Date : Wed Aug 06 2025 07:03 pm

Hello, Michiel!

Wednesday August 06 2025 17:32, you wrote to me:

 DP>> So, I've implemented a very simple BinkP and ifcico protocol
 DP>> tester in Python, rewrote the script and now I have the following
 DP>> results:

 MV> Is this you testing?

 MV>  17:28 [2576] incoming from 2603:c020:c00f:4d7e:568b:b18b:254d:7497
 MV> (55586) 17:28 [2936] incoming session with
 MV> 2603:c020:c00f:4d7e:568b:b18b:254d:7497 17:28 [2936] VER
 MV> NodelistDB-BinkpClient/1.0 binkp/1.0 17:28 [2936] SYS NodelistDB
 MV> Analytics 17:28 [2936] TIME Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:28:14 +0000 17:28
 MV> [2936] addr: 2:5001/5001@fidonet 17:28 [2936] recv: connection closed
 MV> by foreign host 17:28 [2936] done (from 2:5001/5001@fidonet, failed,
 MV> S/R: 0/0 (0/0 bytes)) 17:28 [2936] session closed, quitting...

Yes!

Also created very long report (131 kb):

FidoNet Nodes with Connectivity Problems
=============================================
Generated: 2025-08-06 15:37:50
Total problem nodes: 382

Problem Categories:
  DNS resolution problems only: 74
  Protocol connectivity problems only: 297
  Configuration problems only: 4
  Multiple problem types: 6

Node: 1:1/110
  System: Seans_Elist_Maintainer
  Sysop: Sean_Dennis
  Location: Johnson_City_TN_USA
  Hostnames: bbs.outpostbbs.net
  Protocols: INA, IBN, IFC, IFT, ITN
  Flags: XX, PING, TRACE
  Problems:
    - bbs.outpostbbs.net: IFCICO failed: Connection timeout
    - bbs.outpostbbs.net: TELNET failed: Connection timeout

Node: 1:13/2
  System: Election_Coodinator
  Sysop: Robert_Wolfe
  Location: Buffalo_NY
  Hostnames: wc4.winserver.org
  Protocols: INA, IBN, IFT
  Flags: CM
  Problems:
    - DNS resolution failed for hostname 'wc4.winserver.org' - no IPv4 or IPv6 
address found
    - All 1 hostname(s) failed DNS resolution - node completely unreachable via 
hostnames
    - Node is completely unreachable - relies only on hostnames and all DNS 
resolutions failed
    - Has protocol flags (IBN, IFT) but protocols not tested due to DNS 
resolution failures

.....
.....
.....
Node: 4:902/27
  System: Momia_BBS
  Sysop: Manuel_Adorni
  Location: La_Plata_BA
  Hostnames: momiabbs.no-ip.info
  Protocols: IBN
  Flags: CM, XA
  Problems:
    - momiabbs.no-ip.info: BINKP failed: BINKP handshake failed
    - All tested protocols failed - no working connectivity

Enhanced Diagnostics
====================
IPv6-related issues: 114
Timeout issues: 140
Banner issues: 0
Validation issues: 0




Best regards,
             dp.

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