Daily Usenet report

Nov 3 04:15:03 -- Nov 4 04:15:03

Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
nnrpd1066355 92.6%97.5 MB 89.7%
inn 44145 3.8%5.6 MB 5.1%
innd 40091 3.5%3.8 MB 3.5%
innfeed 740 0.1%83.8 KB 0.1%
nocem 581 0.1%1.8 MB 1.6%
controlchan 1 0.0%0.0 KB 0.0%
TOTAL: 61151913 100.0%108.7 MB100.0%

History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Do not exist 43653 59.8%
Positive hits 23147 31.7%
Negative hits 5919 8.1%
Cache misses 227 0.3%
TOTAL: 4 72946 100.0%

INND timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:02.117 0.0%38062 0.007 0.056 0.743
article cleanup00:00:00.092 0.0%11079 0.000 0.008 0.083
article logging00:00:00.324 0.0%11089 0.000 0.029 0.273
article parse00:00:00.182 0.0%16551 0.000 0.011 0.047
article write00:00:00.832 0.0%10495 0.000 0.079 0.222
artlog/artcncl00:00:00.327 0.0%33065 0.000 0.010 0.039
data move00:00:00.076 0.0%79893 0.000 0.001 0.005
hisgrep/artcncl00:00:00.044 0.0%5026 0.000 0.009 0.100
hishave/artcncl00:00:00.152 0.0%37997 0.000 0.004 0.020
history grep00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
history lookup00:00:00.215 0.0%35047 0.000 0.006 0.095
history sync00:00:00.016 0.0%409 0.000 0.039 0.500
history write00:00:00.649 0.0%10632 0.000 0.061 0.793
hiswrite/artcncl00:00:01.532 0.0%33044 0.000 0.046 0.883
idle23:07:46.032 96.3%104541 518.164 796.492 1330.537
nntp read00:00:00.951 0.0%88867 0.002 0.011 0.035
overview write00:00:07.749 0.0%10495 0.000 0.738 53.438
perl filter00:52:51.487 3.7%10632 138.444 298.296 496.857
python filter00:00:00.008 0.0%19678 0.000 0.000 0.012
site send00:00:01.072 0.0%11625 0.000 0.092 0.757
TOTAL: 24:01:06.88224:00:53.857100.0%----

INNfeed timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article new00:00:00.028 0.0%10452 0.000 0.003 0.036
article prepare00:00:00.001 0.0%3392 0.000 0.000 0.042
article read00:00:00.069 0.0%523 0.000 0.132 4.000
backlog stats00:00:00.022 0.0%44576 0.000 0.000 0.013
callbacks00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
data read00:00:00.353 0.0%24136 0.000 0.015 0.046
data write00:00:00.555 0.0%13946 0.000 0.040 0.387
idle23:57:59.522100.0%44576 947.743 1935.560 6556.688
status file00:00:00.203 0.0%155 0.000 1.310 14.000
TOTAL: 23:58:01.39523:58:00.753100.0%----

nnrpd timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
hisgrep00:00:00.000 0.0%3 0.000 0.000 0.000
idle150:26:40.917 91.0%1596182 0.000 339.310600146.000
newnews00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
nntpwrite00:59:32.633 0.6%21281834 0.000 0.168 16.222
readart00:00:05.236 0.0%24973 0.000 0.210 2.143
TOTAL: 165:16:38.810151:26:18.786 91.6%----

Control commands to INND:

CommandNumber
flush 3
flushlogs 2
go 2
logmode 2
lowmark 1
mode 148
name 2
pause 2
paused 2
reload 2
reserve 2
TOTAL: 11 168

Incoming Feeds (INN):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1i2pn.org 4 10046 9269 368 409 92%24:25:02
2novabbs.org 290 10683 950 9552 181 8%27:15:12
3localhost 9076 9046 340 8706 0 3%00:01:19
4rocksolidbbs.com 2303 0 0 0 0 0%00:04:34
TOTAL: 411673 29775 10559 18626 590 35%51:46:07
Articles received by server

Incoming Volume (INN):

ServerAcceptVolDupVolRejVolTotalVol%AccVol/Art
1i2pn.org38.0 MB1.7 MB303.7 KB40.0 MB 94%4.2 KB
2novabbs.org5.1 MB599.1 KB105.6 KB5.8 MB 88%5.2 KB
3localhost3.5 MB0.0 KB0.0 KB3.5 MB100%10.7 KB
4rocksolidbbs.com0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB 0%0
TOTAL: 446.6 MB2.3 MB409.3 KB49.3 MB 94%4.5 KB
Incoming Volume received by server

Incoming articles:

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Nov 3 04:15:03 - 04:59:59 124 1.2% 0.05800.0 KB 1.7% 0.30
Nov 3 05:00:00 - 05:59:59 247 2.4% 0.071.3 MB 2.8% 0.36
Nov 3 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 267 2.5% 0.071.4 MB 3.0% 0.39
Nov 3 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 423 4.0% 0.121.8 MB 3.8% 0.50
Nov 3 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 432 4.1% 0.121.9 MB 4.0% 0.53
Nov 3 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 521 5.0% 0.141.9 MB 4.1% 0.54
Nov 3 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 588 5.6% 0.162.2 MB 4.8% 0.63
Nov 3 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 449 4.3% 0.122.0 MB 4.3% 0.57
Nov 3 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 552 5.3% 0.152.3 MB 5.1% 0.67
Nov 3 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 580 5.5% 0.164.0 MB 8.6% 1.13
Nov 3 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 608 5.8% 0.174.5 MB 9.7% 1.28
Nov 3 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 547 5.2% 0.152.3 MB 4.9% 0.65
Nov 3 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 602 5.7% 0.172.1 MB 4.5% 0.59
Nov 3 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 711 6.8% 0.202.3 MB 4.9% 0.64
Nov 3 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 634 6.0% 0.182.3 MB 4.9% 0.64
Nov 3 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 581 5.5% 0.162.2 MB 4.8% 0.63
Nov 3 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 548 5.2% 0.152.6 MB 5.7% 0.75
Nov 3 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 575 5.5% 0.162.1 MB 4.5% 0.59
Nov 3 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 462 4.4% 0.131.6 MB 3.5% 0.46
Nov 3 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 269 2.6% 0.071.1 MB 2.5% 0.32
Nov 4 00:00:00 - 00:59:59 210 2.0% 0.06970.7 KB 2.0% 0.27
Nov 4 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 179 1.7% 0.051.1 MB 2.4% 0.31
Nov 4 02:00:00 - 02:59:59 162 1.5% 0.04662.0 KB 1.4% 0.18
Nov 4 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 175 1.7% 0.05884.0 KB 1.9% 0.25
Nov 4 04:00:00 - 04:15:03 40 0.4% 0.04179.9 KB 0.4% 0.20
TOTAL: 24:00:00 10486 100.0% 0.1246.3 MB 100.0% 0.55
Incoming articles
Incoming articles (size)

Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1i2pn.org 419 2 0 295 0 0 0 0 122
2novabbs.org 175 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 23
TOTAL: 2 594 2 0 447 0 0 0 0 145

Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
alt.2600.warez 1
lada.music 1
TOTAL: 2 2

INND Perl filter [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
Exceeds Spam Score 129
Scoring filter (10) 3
Scoring filter (9) 3
TOTAL: 3 135

NoCeM on Spool:

IdGoodBadUniqueTotal
i2pn2-nocem@i2pn2.org28903798837988
robot@pasdenom.info1011
TOTAL: 229003798937989

Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Including strange strings
i2pn.org 10
TOTAL: 1 10
TOTAL: 1 10

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1novabbs 11802 506 9099 4 0 0 4%23:59:57
2i2pn 1339 326 846 12 0 0 24%23:59:54
TOTAL: 2 13141 832 9945 16 0 0 6%47:59:51
Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by Articles

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1novabbs4.1 MB35.5 KB4.1 MB0.0 KB/s8.2 KB23:59:57
2i2pn3.4 MB89.4 KB3.5 MB0.0 KB/s10.5 KB23:59:54
TOTAL: 27.4 MB124.9 KB7.6 MB0.0 KB/s9.1 KB47:59:51
Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by Volume

NNRP readership statistics:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1novabbs-org5279 810431.2 MB 1926 8 006:10:35
2rocksolidbbs.com2298 402920.1 MB 1082 0 006:37:58
3novabbs-com5171 382121.5 MB 1915 401741208:07:49
4mxo.tkk.iki.fi 144 6472.0 MB 393 0 001:04:20
5bras-base-mtrlpq2323w-grc-10-70-30-224-20.dsl.bell.ca 65 4915.7 MB 328 0 001:53:18
670.30.224.20 55 3523.7 MB 215 0 001:38:09
72a01:e0a:9fa:3040:56be:f7ff:fe87:e9c5 65 238265.6 KB 72 0 000:22:33
8net-93-148-207-172.cust.vodafonedsl.it 3 117218.7 KB 13 0 000:47:37
9apoitiers-657-1-163-71.w90-55.abo.wanadoo.fr 6 55137.3 KB 3 0 002:45:51
1043.225.189.119 4 50128.3 KB 8 0 009:43:17
11112.223.187.81.in-addr.arpa 1 2884.3 KB 5 0 000:09:41
12ipservice-092-208-214-005.092.208.pools.vodafone-ip.de 5 2454.7 KB 11 0 002:25:18
132a01:e0a:b93:b2e0:5c0d:1723:53cf:7969 2 2335.7 KB 6 0 015:21:53
14host219-43-98-79.dynamic.ehiweb.it 16 1933.3 KB 11 0 000:12:23
15know-19-b2-v4wan-168934-cust2221.vm29.cable.virginm.net 8 1148.5 KB 5 0 002:55:19
162604:3d08:6d82:6000::7bd8 1 613.1 KB 4 0 000:03:16
17108-91-138-133.lightspeed.rlghnc.sbcglobal.net 24 45.8 KB 3 0 000:00:28
18ip24-251-120-223.ph.ph.cox.net 358 31.6 KB 2 1 000:18:35
19cpe-70-95-182-43.san.res.rr.com 1 25.0 KB 1 0 000:31:29
20localhost 4 15.6 KB 0 2 000:02:27
2176-231-159-72.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net 2 11.0 KB 1 0 101:01:07
222600:8800:3600:135:baca:3aff:fe7c:dafa 2 00.0 KB 69 2 200:00:03
23novabbs.org 287 00.0 KB 0 287 28700:04:25
2481.0.12.40 1 00.0 KB 0 0 100:01:41
TOTAL: 2413802 1802685.3 MB 6073 34017703165:16:21

NNRP readership statistics (by domain):

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1?10529 1219353.0 MB 3992 521741430:09:08
2*.com2298 402920.1 MB 1082 0 006:37:58
3*.tkk.iki.fi 144 6472.0 MB 393 0 001:04:20
4*.dsl.bell.ca 65 4915.7 MB 328 0 001:53:18
5unresolved 75 4023.8 MB 223 0 125:52:33
6*.cust.vodafonedsl.it 3 117218.7 KB 13 0 000:47:37
7*.w90-55.abo.wanadoo.fr 6 55137.3 KB 3 0 002:45:51
8*.223.187.81.in-addr.arpa 1 2884.3 KB 5 0 000:09:41
9*.092.208.pools.vodafone-ip.de 5 2454.7 KB 11 0 002:25:18
10*.dynamic.ehiweb.it 16 1933.3 KB 11 0 000:12:23
11*.vm29.cable.virginm.net 8 1148.5 KB 5 0 002:55:19
12*.lightspeed.rlghnc.sbcglobal.net 24 45.8 KB 3 0 000:00:28
13*.san.res.rr.com 1 25.0 KB 1 0 000:31:29
14*.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net 2 11.0 KB 1 0 101:01:07
15*.ch1.censys-scanner.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
16*.w90-62.abo.wanadoo.fr 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:03
17*.monitoring.internet-measurement.com 2 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:04
18*.elisa-mobile.fi 364 00.0 KB 0 0 064:08:24
19*.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:15
20*.8.3.9.3.d.e.f.f.f.d.5.0.f.e.2.2.9.7.0.3.3.3.1.0.b.8.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa 442 00.0 KB 0 0 024:17:52
21*.scan.bufferover.run 2 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:01
22*.org 287 00.0 KB 0 287 28700:04:25
TOTAL: 2214277 1802685.3 MB 6073 34017703164:57:45

NNRP auth users [Top 20]:

UserConn
novabbs.org 5173
novabbs.com 5171
retrobbs 2298
stehlo 442
retrobbs1 356
nocem 289
tommi 240
kevin 65
xxorz 24
iscritto 19
stefan 5
rdamon 4
Retro Guy 2
Georges Fouratier 1
retro guy 1
kst 1
TOTAL: 16 14091

NNRP total resource statistics [Top 20]:

SystemUser(ms)System(ms)Idle(ms)Elapsed
84-231-2-89.elisa-mobile.fi 1.950 3.250 97.52164:08:24
2.8.3.9.3.d.e.f.f.f.d.5.0.f.e.2.2.9.7.0.3.3.3.1.0.b.8.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa 21.165 19.754 208.78924:17:52
2a01:e0a:b93:b2e0:5c0d:1723:53cf:7969 0.023 0.027 0.00015:21:53
93.176.182.180 0.148 0.034 0.00011:05:05
43.225.189.119 0.033 0.059 1.48309:43:17
novabbs-com 57.917 84.955 2086.26708:07:49
rocksolidbbs.com 28.600 41.258 1016.30706:37:58
novabbs-org 52.033 77.380 2128.17806:10:35
37.160.16.60 0.041 0.053 0.00003:20:13
know-19-b2-v4wan-168934-cust2221.vm29.cable.virginm.net 0.019 0.094 0.00002:55:19
apoitiers-657-1-163-71.w90-55.abo.wanadoo.fr 0.034 0.085 0.00002:45:51
ipservice-092-208-214-005.092.208.pools.vodafone-ip.de 0.039 0.142 1.99102:25:18
bras-base-mtrlpq2323w-grc-10-70-30-224-20.dsl.bell.ca 18.712 39.664 0.00001:53:18
70.30.224.20 16.160 34.402 0.00001:38:09
mxo.tkk.iki.fi 3.418 7.911 0.00001:04:20
76-231-159-72.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net 0.011 0.022 0.00001:01:07
net-93-148-207-172.cust.vodafonedsl.it 0.033 0.080 1.16100:47:37
cpe-70-95-182-43.san.res.rr.com 0.062 0.022 0.33400:31:29
2a01:e0a:9fa:3040:56be:f7ff:fe87:e9c5 8.042 6.565 24.99100:22:33
ip24-251-120-223.ph.ph.cox.net 2.548 3.991 1.97300:18:35
TOTAL: 44 216.933 324.972 5751.850165:16:21

Curious NNRP server explorers [Top 20]:

SystemConn
2.8.3.9.3.d.e.f.f.f.d.5.0.f.e.2.2.9.7.0.3.3.3.1.0.b.8.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa 442
84-231-2-89.elisa-mobile.fi 364
37.160.16.60 7
2607:ff10:c8:594::e 3
93.176.182.180 2
2604:a940:301:225:0:7:: 1
scanner-25.ch1.censys-scanner.com 1
2604:3d08:6d82:6000:1adc:9fb0:61ed:e0e7 1
pd9ff2c80.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1
astlambert-652-1-123-249.w90-62.abo.wanadoo.fr 1
94.102.61.41 1
84.247.114.46 1
80.66.88.211 1
mighty.monitoring.internet-measurement.com 1
194.165.16.73 1
205.210.31.232 1
jersey.scan.bufferover.run 1
minsk.scan.bufferover.run 1
212.102.40.218 1
alluring.monitoring.internet-measurement.com 1
TOTAL: 20 833

NNRP no permission clients [Top 20]:

SystemConn
ip24-251-120-223.ph.ph.cox.net 1
TOTAL: 1 1

NNRP gethostbyaddr failures [Top 20]:

SystemConn
? (can't getpeername) 24
TOTAL: 1 24

NNRP unrecognized commands (by host) [Top 20]:

SystemConn
novabbs-org 414
2607:ff10:c8:594::e 7
94.102.61.41 5
2604:a940:301:225:0:7:: 3
205.210.31.232 3
jersey.scan.bufferover.run 2
minsk.scan.bufferover.run 2
80.66.88.211 1
TOTAL: 8 437

NNRP unrecognized commands (by command) [Top 20]:

CommandCount
User-Agent: MYOB/6.66 (AN/ON) 101
GET / HTTP/1.1 81
Host: news-i2pn.i2p 70
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate 67
Host: wwcqkwfo5yhe6uribv5tzylk25j5hkdk6g... 35
X-Accept-Encoding: x-i2p-gzip;q=1.0, ide... 31
Connection: close 31
#026#003#001 3
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1 2
User-Agent: Expanse, a Palo Alto Network... 2
#001 2
Accept: */* 2
Accept-Encoding: gzip 2
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0... 2
Host: 157.230.63.40:8991 1
Host: [2604:a880:400:d0::225d:e001]:8991 1
Host: 157.230.63.40:119 1
#023#003#023#001#023#002#001 1
#003 1
Host: [2604:a880:400:d0::225d:e001]:119 1
TOTAL: 20 437

NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
84-231-2-89.elisa-mobile.fi 448 32
37.160.16.60 7 1
apoitiers-657-1-163-71.w90-55.abo.wanadoo.fr 6 3
net-93-148-207-172.cust.vodafonedsl.it 3 3
know-19-b2-v4wan-168934-cust2221.vm29.cable.virginm.net 2 0
76-231-159-72.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net 2 0
host219-43-98-79.dynamic.ehiweb.it 1 1
2a01:e0a:b93:b2e0:5c0d:1723:53cf:7969 1 0
cpe-70-95-182-43.san.res.rr.com 1 0
80.66.88.211 1 1
TOTAL: 10 472 41

Newsgroup request counts (by hierarchy):

HierarchyCountPct
1comp 6640 36.6%
2news 4600 25.4%
3alt 2664 14.7%
4rec 1260 6.9%
5microsoft 658 3.6%
6uk 517 2.9%
7misc 513 2.8%
8sci 323 1.8%
9soc 206 1.1%
10aus 157 0.9%
11it 148 0.8%
12fr 133 0.7%
13linux 106 0.6%
14ger 32 0.2%
15rocksolid 25 0.1%
16eternal-september 24 0.1%
17muc 19 0.1%
18lada 18 0.1%
19aioe 16 0.1%
20hun 11 0.1%
21talk 11 0.1%
22or 8 0.0%
23sfnet 7 0.0%
24perl 7 0.0%
25relcom 6 0.0%
26spline 5 0.0%
27cn 4 0.0%
28bit 4 0.0%
29it-alt 2 0.0%
30ott 2 0.0%
31nz 1 0.0%
32hfx 1 0.0%
33us 1 0.0%
34mailing 1 0.0%
35de 1 0.0%
36edm 1 0.0%
37can 1 0.0%
TOTAL: 37 18133100.0%

Newsgroup request counts (by newsgroup) [Top 100]:

NewsgroupCount
1news.lists.filters 3495
2alt.test 1112
3comp.sys.raspberry-pi 1045
4comp.mobile.ipad 946
5comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware 748
6comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action 527
7misc.phone.mobile.iphone 508
8comp.sys.mac.advocacy 496
9comp.sys.mac.system 494
10microsoft.public.excel.misc 448
11news.software.nntp 417
12comp.text.tex 414
13comp.misc 362
14alt.usage.english 341
15rec.food.cooking 289
16alt.arts.poetry.comments 272
17news.groups 235
18alt.atheism 233
19news.software.readers 214
20comp.lang.c++ 213
21microsoft.public.windowsxp.general 207
22rec.arts.tv 197
23rec.arts.drwho 178
24comp.os.linux.advocacy 156
25news.admin.peering 154
26soc.culture.polish 141
27sci.math 137
28comp.mobile.android 126
29uk.d-i-y 116
30rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s 115
31comp.dcom.telecom 109
32rec.bicycles.tech 102
33aus.cars 101
34uk.rec.sheds 99
35comp.sys.unisys 95
36alt.politics 93
37uk.railway 92
38comp.os.vms 84
39sci.electronics.design 83
40comp.mail.sendmail 78
41it.comp.os.win.windows10 76
42comp.sys.tandem 69
43alt.home.repair 68
44comp.sys.mac.apps 66
45fr.soc.politique 64
46alt.comp.freeware 61
47sci.physics.relativity 56
48rec.boats 55
49alt.comp.software.firefox 55
50comp.lang.c 55
51rec.arts.sf.written 52
52comp.unix.programmer 50
53comp.cad.cadence 49
54aus.politics 46
55it.test 45
56alt.comp.software.thunderbird 45
57rec.music.classical.recordings 41
58news.admin.net-abuse.usenet 39
59comp.lang.python 38
60linux.debian.bugs.dist 37
61comp.lang.awk 37
62alt.comp.os.windows-11 33
63comp.periphs.printers 33
64soc.culture.china 33
65comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage 33
66ger.ct 32
67alt.food.fast-food 31
68news.admin.hierarchies 31
69rec.aviation.soaring 31
70rec.sport.soccer 30
71uk.rec.motorcycles 29
72comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows 28
73sci.anthropology.paleo 27
74uk.legal.moderated 27
75fr.sci.physique 27
76alt.obituaries 26
77linux.debian.changes.devel 26
78fr.rec.bricolage 26
79alt.os.linux.mint 25
80uk.media.radio.archers 25
81comp.sys.amiga.misc 24
82alt.politics.org.un 24
83comp.mail.pine 24
84comp.sys.mac.misc 22
85uk.current-events.terrorism 20
86alt.os.linux.ubuntu 20
87comp.theory 20
88comp.lang.prolog 20
89eternal-september.support 20
90rec.gambling.poker 19
91comp.lang.forth 19
92alt.comp.os.windows-10 19
93uk.tech.digital-tv 18
94uk.sci.weather 18
95uk.rec.cycling 18
96soc.genealogy.medieval 17
97linux.debian.user 17
98uk.sport.cricket 17
99comp.lang.php 17
100rec.outdoors.rv-travel 17
TOTAL: 289 18133
innreport from INN 2.7.1 based on initial work (©) 1996-2001 by Fabien Tassin <fta@sofaraway.org> and enhanced by several contributors since then