Daily Usenet report

Jul 1 02:30:00 -- Jul 2 02:30:00

Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
nnrpd 31139 67.8%2.8 MB 61.4%
inn 9237 20.1%1.1 MB 23.3%
innd 4794 10.4%657.2 KB 13.9%
innfeed 615 1.3%57.5 KB 1.2%
nocem 108 0.2%9.8 KB 0.2%
controlchan 2 0.0%0.1 KB 0.0%
TOTAL: 6 45895 100.0%4.6 MB100.0%

History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Negative hits 9058 49.7%
Do not exist 9058 49.7%
Cache misses 72 0.4%
Positive hits 39 0.2%
TOTAL: 4 18227 100.0%

innd timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:00.372 0.0%256 0.000 1.453 32.000
article cleanup00:00:00.084 0.0%9085 0.000 0.009 0.052
article logging00:00:00.142 0.0%9118 0.000 0.016 0.065
article parse00:00:00.288 0.0%18223 0.000 0.016 0.062
article write00:00:08.826 0.0%8213 0.278 1.075 2.538
artlog/artcncl00:00:00.002 0.0%104 0.000 0.019 0.091
artlog/artparse00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
data move00:00:00.038 0.0%19684 0.000 0.002 0.020
hisgrep/artcncl00:00:00.101 0.0%330 0.000 0.306 2.000
hishave/artcncl00:00:00.000 0.0%104 0.000 0.000 0.000
history grep00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
history lookup00:00:08.525 0.0%18177 0.287 0.469 0.621
history sync00:00:15.318 0.0%353 0.000 43.394 71.000
history write00:00:45.110 0.1%9085 0.706 4.965 7.326
hiswrite/artcncl00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
idle23:48:57.142 99.9%30302 1220.303 2829.422 9088.742
nntp read00:00:00.253 0.0%27356 0.000 0.009 0.045
overview write00:00:08.826 0.0%8213 0.371 1.075 10.000
perl filter00:00:03.813 0.0%8364 0.186 0.456 0.922
python filter00:00:17.496 0.0%9085 0.222 1.926 4.135
site send00:00:00.252 0.0%16503 0.000 0.015 0.067
TOTAL: 2123:50:46.588100.0%----

innfeed timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article new00:00:00.031 0.0%8226 0.000 0.004 0.043
article prepare00:00:00.006 0.0%32904 0.000 0.000 0.005
article read00:00:00.951 0.0%8226 0.000 0.116 0.651
backlog stats00:00:00.012 0.0%29604 0.000 0.000 0.010
callbacks00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
data read00:00:00.168 0.0%16716 0.000 0.010 0.045
data write00:00:00.673 0.0%8607 0.000 0.078 0.219
idle23:57:27.403100.0%29604 426.812 2913.370 8730.000
status file00:00:00.037 0.0%153 0.000 0.242 1.000
TOTAL: 923:57:29.281100.0%----

nnrpd timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
hisgrep00:00:00.036 0.0%187 0.000 0.193 2.000
idle410:19:40.560 99.8%66930 33.203 22070.530898604.750
newnews00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
nntpwrite00:41:45.902 0.2%18453697 0.000 0.136 24.857
readart00:00:05.148 0.0%4568 0.000 1.127 32.000
TOTAL: 5411:01:31.646100.0%----

Control commands to innd:

CommandNumber
flush 5
flushlogs 2
go 1
logmode 2
mode 149
name 2
pause 1
paused 1
reload 15
renumber 1
shutdown 3
TOTAL: 11 182

Incoming feeds (innd):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com 721 9128 8250 7 871 90%23:46:51
2localhost 7 0 0 0 0 0%00:00:00
TOTAL: 2 728 9128 8250 7 871 90%23:46:51
Articles received by server

Incoming volume (innd):

ServerAcceptVolDupVolRejVolTotalVol%AccVol/Art
1diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com26.9 MB0.0 KB1.5 MB28.4 MB 94%3.2 KB
2localhost0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB 0%0
TOTAL: 226.9 MB0.0 KB1.5 MB28.4 MB 94%3.2 KB
Incoming volume received by server

Incoming articles (innd):

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Jul 1 02:30:00 - 02:59:59 187 2.3% 0.10859.0 KB 3.1% 0.48
Jul 1 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 581 7.1% 0.162.4 MB 8.8% 0.67
Jul 1 04:00:00 - 04:59:59 418 5.1% 0.12993.9 KB 3.6% 0.28
Jul 1 05:00:00 - 05:59:59 415 5.0% 0.121.0 MB 3.9% 0.29
Jul 1 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 368 4.5% 0.101.1 MB 4.1% 0.31
Jul 1 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 382 4.6% 0.111.1 MB 4.0% 0.31
Jul 1 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 434 5.3% 0.121.2 MB 4.4% 0.34
Jul 1 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 422 5.1% 0.121.5 MB 5.4% 0.41
Jul 1 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 453 5.5% 0.131.6 MB 5.9% 0.45
Jul 1 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 442 5.4% 0.121.6 MB 6.0% 0.46
Jul 1 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 359 4.4% 0.101.2 MB 4.6% 0.35
Jul 1 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 406 4.9% 0.111.4 MB 5.2% 0.39
Jul 1 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 326 4.0% 0.09990.0 KB 3.6% 0.27
Jul 1 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 729 8.9% 0.202.0 MB 7.6% 0.58
Jul 1 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 335 4.1% 0.091.1 MB 4.1% 0.32
Jul 1 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 273 3.3% 0.081.0 MB 3.9% 0.30
Jul 1 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 179 2.2% 0.05692.6 KB 2.5% 0.19
Jul 1 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 163 2.0% 0.05601.6 KB 2.2% 0.17
Jul 1 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 227 2.8% 0.06813.2 KB 3.0% 0.23
Jul 1 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 180 2.2% 0.05799.1 KB 2.9% 0.22
Jul 1 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 133 1.6% 0.04425.1 KB 1.5% 0.12
Jul 1 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 179 2.2% 0.05404.8 KB 1.5% 0.11
Jul 2 00:00:00 - 00:59:59 201 2.4% 0.06585.4 KB 2.1% 0.16
Jul 2 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 268 3.3% 0.07990.6 KB 3.6% 0.28
Jul 2 02:00:00 - 02:30:00 170 2.1% 0.09651.7 KB 2.4% 0.36
TOTAL: 24:00:00 8230 100.0% 0.1026.8 MB 100.0% 0.32
Incoming articles
Incoming articles (size)

Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com 903 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 752
TOTAL: 1 903 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 752

Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
fido7.ukrnews 97
fido7.lorapvt.horo 12
fido7.f715.techinfo 9
hispagatos.hacking.news 8
fido7.crimea.robots 5
fido7.pushkin.local 4
rocksolid.feeds.tech 4
fido7.fidonet.online 3
alt.acorn.a 1
alt.alt.anonymous 1
alt.aviation 1
alt.bbs.files-announce 1
chmurka.statystyki 1
fido7.f4441.robots 1
fido7.lorapvt 1
fido7.nodex.tech 1
free.mut.talk 1
TOTAL: 17 151

Python filter (innd) [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
EMP Body Reject 301
EMP PHL Reject 196
Crosspost Limit Exceeded 172
EMP PHN Reject 44
Bad Subject (URGENT: This server is compromised) 6
TOTAL: 5 719

NoCeM on spool:

Issuer (type)NoticesBad PGPCancelSkipTotal
robot@pasdenom.info (spam2)19022022
nocem@eternal-september.org (spam)60606
nocem@eternal-september.org (bot)10101
robot@pasdenom.info (spam)10101
nocem@eternal-september.org (i2pn2)27002727
robot@pasdenom.info (spam3)6002222
robot@pasdenom.info (spam4)6001212
i2pn2-nocem@i2pn2.org (rmp)60099
i2pn2-nocem@i2pn2.org (multipost)60077
TOTAL: 97803077107

Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Including strange strings
diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com 33
TOTAL: 1 33
TOTAL: 1 33

Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1cnfs 8232 8230 0 0 0 0 99%23:59:42
TOTAL: 1 8232 8230 0 0 0 0 99%23:59:42
Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by articles

Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1cnfs26.8 MB0.0 KB26.8 MB0.3 KB/s3.3 KB23:59:42
TOTAL: 126.8 MB0.0 KB26.8 MB0.3 KB/s3.3 KB23:59:42
Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by volume

NNRP readership statistics [Top 100]:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1h-212-85-87-135.a316.priv.bahnhof.se 1 21964.6 MB 18 0 000:15:19
2tmo-087-91.customers.d1-online.com 378 206632.3 KB 100 0 001:45:10
345.141.215.17 2 178461.2 KB 2 0 002:08:14
4s01065c7d7d7f4802.ed.shawcable.net 1 143724.4 KB 1 0 000:38:44
593-32-1-18.ip31.fastwebnet.it 8 96178.6 KB 2 0 000:41:14
6n175-33-118-230.meb22.vic.optusnet.com.au 17 89274.3 KB 2 0 001:22:21
737.5.246.219 16 71265.1 KB 11 0 000:24:21
8192.42.116.178 2 66151.2 KB 2 0 001:54:07
9tor-exit-5.zbau.f3netze.de 4 62287.6 KB 21 0 002:17:57
10192.168.1.188 534 50158.2 KB 4 0 004:41:50
1145.141.215.19 2 48123.5 KB 2 0 000:08:04
12220.95.2.81.in-addr.arpa 2 4036.5 KB 4 0 000:05:33
13exit-02.tor.r0cket.net 2 38128.1 KB 2 0 001:00:24
14h69-131-18-42.cntcnh.broadband.dynamic.tds.net 1 36100.8 KB 2 0 000:22:32
15185.220.101.169 2 3261.1 KB 2 0 000:07:29
16tor-exit-34.for-privacy.net 4 2971.6 KB 12 0 001:47:08
17pc-141-19-46-190.cm.vtr.net 1 25204.7 KB 7 0 000:00:12
1845.90.185.107 1 2087.6 KB 2 0 000:00:55
19216.110.238.67 7 1638.0 KB 6 0 003:37:08
20host86-190-203-78.range86-190.btcentralplus.com 4 927.9 KB 2 0 001:09:30
21lfbn-rei-1-550-252.w90-109.abo.wanadoo.fr 16 523.3 KB 5 0 010:27:29
2270.15.224.158.res-cmts.ovr.ptd.net 3 34.4 KB 3 0 001:00:38
23astlambert-652-1-123-249.w90-62.abo.wanadoo.fr 1 36.7 KB 1 0 000:00:03
24syn-071-084-014-037.res.spectrum.com 1 24.6 KB 1 0 000:00:02
25c-76-130-181-54.hsd1.co.comcast.net 6 14.6 KB 1 0 002:17:40
26180.109.33.162 21 00.0 KB 0 21 001:35:03
27public-nat-06.vpngate.v4.open.ad.jp 20 00.0 KB 0 21 000:01:42
28121.237.70.240 1 00.0 KB 0 1 000:00:02
TOTAL: 281058 34708.6 MB 217 43 0336:29:47

NNRP connection statistics (by domain) [Top 100]:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1*.priv.bahnhof.se 1 21964.6 MB 18 0 000:15:19
2unresolved 663 4871.3 MB 33 22 0325:16:38
3*.customers.d1-online.com 378 206632.3 KB 100 0 001:45:10
4*.ed.shawcable.net 1 143724.4 KB 1 0 000:38:44
5*.ip31.fastwebnet.it 8 96178.6 KB 2 0 000:41:14
6*.optusnet.com.au 17 89274.3 KB 2 0 001:22:21
7*.zbau.f3netze.de 4 62287.6 KB 21 0 002:17:57
8*.81.in-addr.arpa 2 4036.5 KB 4 0 000:05:33
9*.tor.r0cket.net 2 38128.1 KB 2 0 001:00:24
10*.dynamic.tds.net 1 36100.8 KB 2 0 000:22:32
11*.for-privacy.net 4 2971.6 KB 12 0 001:47:08
12*.cm.vtr.net 1 25204.7 KB 7 0 000:00:12
13*.range86-190.btcentralplus.com 4 927.9 KB 2 0 001:09:30
14*.abo.wanadoo.fr 17 830.0 KB 6 0 010:27:33
15*.ovr.ptd.net 3 34.4 KB 3 0 001:00:38
16*.res.spectrum.com 3 24.6 KB 1 0 015:10:54
17*.co.comcast.net 6 14.6 KB 1 0 002:17:40
18*.stehlik.co.uk 392 00.0 KB 0 0 024:20:09
19*.discard.me.uk 34 00.0 KB 0 0 000:02:49
20*.dynamic.sbb.rs 24 00.0 KB 0 0 000:35:49
21*.open.ad.jp 20 00.0 KB 0 21 000:01:42
22*.fios.verizon.net 15 00.0 KB 0 0 001:52:45
23*.subs.proxad.net 13 00.0 KB 0 0 017:39:37
24*.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de 12 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:15
25*.bc.googleusercontent.com 10 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:13
26*.monitoring.internet-measurement.com 8 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:10
27*.net.vodafone.it 6 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:28
28*.highway.webapn.at 3 00.0 KB 0 0 000:47:19
29*.bbmk.org 2 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:08
30*.ip263.fastwebnet.it 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
31*.stretchoid.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:09
TOTAL: 311656 34708.6 MB 217 43 0411:01:20

NNRP auth users [Top 20]:

UserConn
jesse 534
moses 22
pusvul 20
pevans 7
francesco 6
marcj 6
tdc 6
grgmusk 4
stefan 3
waynem 3
reino 2
pikus 1
TOTAL: 12 614

NNRP total resource statistics [Top 20]:

SystemUser(ms)System(ms)Idle(ms)Elapsed
204.111.181.12 1.630 2.229 0.000296:38:39
toma-03.stehlik.co.uk 37.484 28.584 0.00024:20:09
88-184-7-70.subs.proxad.net 0.457 0.168 0.07817:39:16
syn-174-086-128-189.res.spectrum.com 0.184 0.017 0.00015:10:51
lfbn-rei-1-550-252.w90-109.abo.wanadoo.fr 1.186 0.078 0.00010:27:29
149.5.47.2 0.638 0.296 0.00009:59:58
192.168.1.188 41.182 4.450 4.87604:41:50
89.100.173.30 0.229 0.102 0.00003:59:15
216.110.238.67 0.387 0.113 0.09403:37:08
tor-exit-5.zbau.f3netze.de 0.782 0.292 0.05102:17:57
c-76-130-181-54.hsd1.co.comcast.net 0.505 0.100 0.07902:17:40
45.141.215.17 0.274 0.074 0.00002:08:14
192.42.116.178 0.234 0.027 0.00001:54:07
pool-71-183-206-28.nycmny.fios.verizon.net 1.067 0.120 0.00001:52:45
tor-exit-34.for-privacy.net 0.392 0.050 0.00001:47:08
tmo-087-91.customers.d1-online.com 15.358 5.203 0.00001:45:10
180.109.33.162 2.033 0.187 0.26601:35:03
n175-33-118-230.meb22.vic.optusnet.com.au 1.195 0.256 0.00001:22:21
host86-190-203-78.range86-190.btcentralplus.com 0.139 0.035 0.00001:09:30
70.15.224.158.res-cmts.ovr.ptd.net 0.234 0.040 0.02501:00:38
TOTAL: 67 136.243 58.884 5.882411:01:20

Curious NNRP explorers [Top 20]:

SystemConn
toma-03.stehlik.co.uk 392
nat64.discard.me.uk 34
cable-24-135-202-225.dynamic.sbb.rs 24
149.5.47.2 18
pool-71-183-206-28.nycmny.fios.verizon.net 15
77.20.71.100 14
ip4d144764.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de 12
88-184-7-70.subs.proxad.net 10
167.94.145.101 8
89.100.173.30 6
mob-5-91-127-160.net.vodafone.it 6
151.83.149.122 3
16.211.203.35.bc.googleusercontent.com 3
167.94.145.103 3
195.150.216.162.bc.googleusercontent.com 3
213-147-166-72.nat.highway.webapn.at 3
91-170-166-13.subs.proxad.net 3
167.94.138.42 2
210.88.66.34.bc.googleusercontent.com 2
katara.bbmk.org 2
TOTAL: 54 598

NNRP gethostbyaddr failures [Top 20]:

SystemConn
? (can't getpeername) 9
TOTAL: 1 9

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

SystemConn
210.88.66.34.bc.googleusercontent.com 9
118.149.216.162.bc.googleusercontent.com 4
16.211.203.35.bc.googleusercontent.com 4
195.150.216.162.bc.googleusercontent.com 4
23.150.216.162.bc.googleusercontent.com 4
220.95.2.81.in-addr.arpa 2
93-32-1-18.ip31.fastwebnet.it 2
n175-33-118-230.meb22.vic.optusnet.com.au 2
167.94.138.42 1
167.94.145.103 1
212.105.163.178 1
TOTAL: 11 34

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

CommandCount
GET / HTTP/1.1 5
XFEATURE COMPRESS GZIP TERMINATOR 5
Host: 24.182.239.69:563 4
Accept-Encoding: gzip 3
Accept: */* 2
EHLO www.censys.io 2
User-Agent: Expanse, a Palo Alto Network... 2
User-Agent: curl/7.68.0 2
XTHREAD DBINIT 2
?#?' 1
?^T 1
Accept-Charset: utf-8 1
Connection: close 1
Host: 24.182.239.69:119 1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Fedora; Linux i... 1
^V^C^A 1
TOTAL: 16 34

NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
192.168.1.188 534 534
180.109.33.162 19 19
149.5.47.2 18 0
216.110.238.67 6 0
89.100.173.30 6 0
lfbn-rei-1-550-252.w90-109.abo.wanadoo.fr 6 0
88-184-7-70.subs.proxad.net 4 0
c-76-130-181-54.hsd1.co.comcast.net 4 0
tor-exit-5.zbau.f3netze.de 4 4
pool-71-183-206-28.nycmny.fios.verizon.net 3 0
192.42.116.178 2 0
45.141.215.17 2 0
45.141.215.19 2 2
70.15.224.158.res-cmts.ovr.ptd.net 2 0
exit-02.tor.r0cket.net 2 0
host86-190-203-78.range86-190.btcentralplus.com 2 0
tor-exit-34.for-privacy.net 2 0
118.149.216.162.bc.googleusercontent.com 1 1
16.211.203.35.bc.googleusercontent.com 1 2
167.94.145.101 1 2
TOTAL: 26 627 574

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

HierarchyCountPct
1comp 1240 37.0%
2de 635 19.0%
3sci 530 15.8%
4linux 304 9.1%
5news 162 4.8%
6edm 143 4.3%
7alt 86 2.6%
8it 71 2.1%
9fr 56 1.7%
10uk 41 1.2%
11rec 28 0.8%
12ger 13 0.4%
13misc 13 0.4%
14eternal-september 10 0.3%
15rocksolid 7 0.2%
16soc 7 0.2%
17aioe 1 0.0%
18relcom 1 0.0%
TOTAL: 18 3348100.0%

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

NewsgroupCount
1comp.os.linux.misc 431
2sci.electronics.design 411
3de.sci.electronics 392
4comp.unix.programmer 391
5comp.sys.raspberry-pi 278
6edm.general 143
7linux.gentoo.user 120
8linux.gentoo.dev 114
9de.sci.ing.elektrotechnik 110
10news.software.readers 100
11sci.electronics.repair 98
12fr.comp.sys.atari 46
13linux.debian.user 41
14news.software.nntp 39
15de.etc.sprache.deutsch 33
16it.hobby.scacchi 32
17it.scienza.matematica 30
18linux.gentoo.announce 28
19de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc 27
20comp.os.msdos.programmer 26
21news.admin.peering 23
22de.sci.physik 22
23uk.media.radio.archers 22
24comp.os.linux.networking 20
25comp.sys.apple2 20
26alt.free.newsservers 19
27uk.rec.sheds 18
28rec.arts.sf.written 15
29comp.mobile.android 14
30comp.text.tex 14
31alt.comp.os.windows-10 13
32ger.ct 13
33misc.news.internet.discuss 13
34alt.comp.os.windows-11 11
35alt.folklore.computers 10
36comp.compilers 9
37de.alt.folklore.computer 9
38sci.physics 9
39comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action 8
40de.alt.comm.android 8
41it.cultura.linguistica.italiano 8
42rec.photo.digital 8
43alt.bbs.synchronet 7
44alt.comp.software.thunderbird 7
45soc.culture.bulgaria 7
46comp.lang.c 6
47comp.sys.atari.st 6
48de.comm.technik.dsl 6
49de.etc.haushalt 6
50eternal-september.talk 6
51sci.lang 6
52alt.bbs.general 5
53alt.privacy.anon-server 5
54rocksolid.shared.offtopic 5
55sci.lang.japan 5
56comp.os.linux.security 4
57comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc 4
58de.admin.lists 4
59de.alt.talk.unmut 4
60de.rec.mampf 4
61de.sci.mathematik 4
62eternal-september.support 4
63alt.sex.erotic 3
64alt.usage.english 3
65comp.arch 3
66comp.lang.python 3
67comp.misc 3
68fr.sci.zetetique 3
69rec.arts.sf.fandom 3
70de.comm.software.mozilla.browser 2
71fr.comp.os.ms-windows 2
72fr.comp.usenet.lecteurs-de-news 2
73rocksolid.nodes.announce 2
74aioe.news.helpdesk 1
75alt.bbs 1
76alt.sex.oral 1
77alt.usenet.kooks 1
78de.comp.hardware.netzwerke.misc 1
79de.comp.os.ms-windows.misc 1
80de.etc.sprache.misc 1
81de.test 1
82fr.comp.os.android 1
83fr.comp.sys.pc 1
84fr.lettres.langue.francaise 1
85it.test 1
86linux.debian.user.german 1
87rec.games.roguelike.announce 1
88rec.games.roguelike.nethack 1
89relcom.wheels 1
90sci.crypt 1
91uk.legal.moderated 1
TOTAL: 91 3348
innreport from INN 2.8.0 (20250329 snapshot) based on initial work (©) 1996-2001 by Fabien Tassin <fta@sofaraway.org> and enhanced by several contributors since then