Daily Usenet Report

Oct 17 00:01:01 -- Oct 18 00:01:01

Unknown entries from news log file:

First 2 / 2 lines (100.0%)

Oct 17 08:12:49 newsfeed innd: message repeated 2 times: [ ctlinnd command s]
Oct 18 00:00:01 newsfeed nnrpd[1934390]: localhost auth: program exited with status 8

Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
inn 9118 40.1%3.7 MB 62.6%
innd 8759 38.5%1.3 MB 22.4%
innfeed 4296 18.9%827.7 KB 13.7%
cnfsstat 432 1.9%69.7 KB 1.2%
nnrpd 96 0.4%10.9 KB 0.2%
nocem 24 0.1%3.2 KB 0.1%
controlchan 1 0.0%0.2 KB 0.0%
TOTAL: 7 22726 100.0%5.9 MB100.0%

History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Positive hits 123493 60.1%
Negative hits 72992 35.5%
Do not exist 8978 4.4%
Cache misses 14 0.0%
TOTAL: 4 205477 100.0%

INND timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:00.264 0.0%58 0.000 4.552 8.000
article cleanup00:00:00.084 0.0%9057 0.000 0.009 0.235
article logging00:00:00.521 0.0%9124 0.000 0.057 1.465
article parse00:00:00.237 0.0%14291 0.000 0.017 0.087
article write00:00:02.540 0.0%7563 0.000 0.336 8.548
artlog/artcncl00:00:00.000 0.0%7 0.000 0.000 0.000
artlog/artparse00:00:00.000 0.0%1 0.000 0.000 0.000
data move00:00:00.802 0.0%211374 0.000 0.004 0.350
hisgrep/artcncl00:00:00.225 0.0%62 0.000 3.629 7.000
hishave/artcncl00:00:00.000 0.0%7 0.000 0.000 0.000
hishave/artparse00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
history grep00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
history lookup00:02:43.316 0.2%207248 0.109 0.788 4.201
history sync00:00:00.066 0.0%401 0.000 0.165 1.500
history write00:02:06.012 0.1%9058 3.236 13.912 102.571
hiswrite/artcncl00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
hiswrite/artparse00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
idle23:52:21.863 99.4%204972 69.632 419.286 1618.418
nntp read00:00:03.823 0.0%211998 0.003 0.018 0.373
overview write00:02:38.181 0.2%7563 0.818 20.915 527.310
perl filter00:00:27.045 0.0%9057 1.212 2.986 18.023
python filter00:00:01.949 0.0%9057 0.000 0.215 7.930
site send00:00:01.044 0.0%15146 0.000 0.069 0.287
TOTAL: 24:01:12.34724:00:27.972 99.9%----

INNfeed timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article new00:00:00.019 0.0%7676 0.000 0.002 0.050
article prepare00:00:00.004 0.0%55300 0.000 0.000 0.002
article read00:00:00.563 0.0%3853 0.000 0.146 0.458
backlog stats00:00:00.439 0.0%280354 0.000 0.002 0.007
callbacks00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
data read00:00:02.541 0.0%194841 0.000 0.013 0.046
data write00:00:03.412 0.0%189161 0.007 0.018 0.031
idle23:57:24.165100.0%280354 122.136 307.626 976.891
status file00:00:00.413 0.0%330 0.750 1.252 29.000
TOTAL: 23:57:46.24823:57:31.556100.0%----

nnrpd timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
idle00:10:38.883 45.5%35 0.500 18253.800299983.500
newnews00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
nntpwrite00:00:04.611 0.3%78882 0.000 0.058 0.059
TOTAL: 00:23:24.29800:10:43.494 45.8%----

Control commands to INND:

CommandNumber
flush 5
flushlogs 2
go 2
logmode 2
lowmark 1
mode 98
name 2
pause 2
paused 2
reload 2
reserve 2
TOTAL: 11 120

Incoming Feeds (INN):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1endofthelinebbs-out.news.weretis.net 2 13729 2014 11264 451 14%47:38:24
2outgoing.news.lysator.liu.se 2 6209 1379 4824 6 22%23:59:57
3usenet.blueworldhosting.com 719 8675 898 7296 481 10%23:56:59
4nntp.comgw.net 2 8011 532 7311 168 6%23:59:16
5news.hispagatos.org 6 7903 515 7363 25 6%24:25:46
6usenet.network 1 6091 381 5702 8 6%23:59:57
7i2pn.org 2 7966 366 7506 94 4%23:59:40
8194.87.241.33 37 413 247 166 0 59%17:59:34
9news.corradoroberto.it 11 1186 206 980 0 17%24:23:48
10usenet.goja.nl.eu.org 10 7828 202 7490 136 2%23:28:26
11endoftheline-out.news.chmurka.net 1 3758 142 3616 0 3%22:47:13
12endofthelinebbs.peers.news.panix.com 25 7908 129 7772 7 1%23:54:53
13news.samoylyk.net 2 6778 129 6647 2 1%23:59:35
14news.netfront.net 1 6611 90 6411 110 1%23:57:50
15newsfeed.bofh.team 1 8619 84 8531 4 0%23:59:56
16newsfeed.xs3.de 2 6180 61 6111 8 0%23:59:39
17news.nntp4.net 2 6567 45 6522 0 0%23:59:00
18news.furie.org.uk 2 3967 40 3926 1 1%24:10:03
19glockenspiel.complete.org 2 5685 33 5650 2 0%24:02:30
20news.bbs.nz 2 6602 17 6585 0 0%23:59:33
21photonic.trudheim.com 2 1311 2 1309 0 0%19:08:29
22eotl-out.news.tnetconsulting.net 1 0 0 0 0 0%00:10:06
23localhost 29 0 0 0 0 0%00:00:01
24news.nk.ca 2 0 0 0 0 0%00:20:11
TOTAL: 24 866 131997 7512 122982 1503 5%516:20:46
Articles received by server

Incoming Volume (INN):

ServerAcceptVolDupVolRejVolTotalVol%AccVol/Art
1endofthelinebbs-out.news.weretis.net6.9 MB0.0 KB775.9 KB7.7 MB 90%3.2 KB
2usenet.network4.6 MB0.0 KB7.3 KB4.6 MB 99%12.2 KB
3outgoing.news.lysator.liu.se4.2 MB0.0 KB14.6 KB4.2 MB 99%3.1 KB
4usenet.blueworldhosting.com2.8 MB0.0 KB961.9 KB3.7 MB 74%2.7 KB
5nntp.comgw.net2.0 MB0.0 KB308.5 KB2.3 MB 86%3.3 KB
6news.hispagatos.org1.7 MB0.0 KB31.9 KB1.7 MB 98%3.3 KB
7i2pn.org1.4 MB0.0 KB137.4 KB1.6 MB 91%3.5 KB
8news.samoylyk.net1.1 MB0.0 KB3.2 KB1.1 MB 99%8.8 KB
9news.corradoroberto.it984.1 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB984.1 KB100%4.8 KB
10194.87.241.33666.7 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB666.7 KB100%2.7 KB
11usenet.goja.nl.eu.org580.7 KB0.0 KB2.7 MB3.3 MB 17%10.0 KB
12endoftheline-out.news.chmurka.net461.8 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB461.8 KB100%3.3 KB
13endofthelinebbs.peers.news.panix.com413.7 KB0.0 KB8.9 KB422.5 KB 97%3.1 KB
14news.furie.org.uk212.6 KB0.0 KB0.7 KB213.2 KB 99%5.2 KB
15glockenspiel.complete.org204.8 KB0.0 KB1.3 KB206.1 KB 99%5.9 KB
16newsfeed.xs3.de200.5 KB0.0 KB29.7 KB230.2 KB 87%3.3 KB
17newsfeed.bofh.team197.7 KB0.0 KB13.6 KB211.3 KB 93%2.4 KB
18news.netfront.net191.4 KB0.0 KB445.9 KB637.4 KB 30%3.2 KB
19news.nntp4.net110.8 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB110.8 KB100%2.5 KB
20news.bbs.nz93.3 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB93.3 KB100%5.5 KB
21photonic.trudheim.com13.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB13.0 KB100%6.5 KB
22eotl-out.news.tnetconsulting.net0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB 0%0
23localhost0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB 0%0
24news.nk.ca0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB 0%0
TOTAL: 2429.0 MB0.0 KB5.4 MB34.4 MB 84%3.9 KB
Incoming Volume received by server

Incoming articles:

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Oct 17 00:01:01 - 00:59:59 123 1.6% 0.03364.0 KB 1.2% 0.10
Oct 17 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 251 3.3% 0.07920.9 KB 3.1% 0.26
Oct 17 02:00:00 - 02:59:59 311 4.1% 0.091.0 MB 3.5% 0.29
Oct 17 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 457 6.0% 0.131.6 MB 5.4% 0.45
Oct 17 04:00:00 - 04:59:59 393 5.2% 0.111.2 MB 4.2% 0.35
Oct 17 05:00:00 - 05:59:59 386 5.1% 0.111.4 MB 4.7% 0.39
Oct 17 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 359 4.8% 0.101.3 MB 4.5% 0.38
Oct 17 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 383 5.1% 0.111.6 MB 5.5% 0.46
Oct 17 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 368 4.9% 0.101.1 MB 3.8% 0.31
Oct 17 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 483 6.4% 0.131.4 MB 4.8% 0.40
Oct 17 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 481 6.4% 0.131.9 MB 6.6% 0.55
Oct 17 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 457 6.0% 0.132.2 MB 7.6% 0.64
Oct 17 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 432 5.7% 0.121.4 MB 4.8% 0.40
Oct 17 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 363 4.8% 0.101.3 MB 4.5% 0.37
Oct 17 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 381 5.0% 0.111.7 MB 5.7% 0.48
Oct 17 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 416 5.5% 0.121.6 MB 5.4% 0.45
Oct 17 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 312 4.1% 0.091.3 MB 4.3% 0.36
Oct 17 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 245 3.2% 0.071.6 MB 5.5% 0.46
Oct 17 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 192 2.5% 0.05982.5 KB 3.3% 0.27
Oct 17 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 116 1.5% 0.03411.8 KB 1.4% 0.11
Oct 17 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 151 2.0% 0.04709.4 KB 2.4% 0.20
Oct 17 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 145 1.9% 0.04815.7 KB 2.7% 0.23
Oct 17 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 140 1.9% 0.04719.3 KB 2.4% 0.20
Oct 17 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 204 2.7% 0.06848.6 KB 2.8% 0.24
Oct 18 00:00:00 - 00:01:01 5 0.1% 0.087.6 KB 0.0% 0.13
TOTAL: 24:00:00 7554 100.0% 0.0929.4 MB 100.0% 0.35
Incoming articles
Incoming articles (size)

CNFS buffer status:

BufferClassSizeUsed%UsedCyclesKB/secDays
CYCNGS1NGS1536.0 GB48.0 MB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
CYCNGS2NGS1536.0 GB98.7 GB 6.4% 0 0.5235874.85
CYCTXT1TEXT5.0 GB3.9 GB 78.0% 0 0.03 2150.71
TOTAL: 3-3077.0 GB102.7 GB 3.3% 1 0.35-

Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1usenet.blueworldhosting.com 499 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 499
2endofthelinebbs-out.news.weretis.net 486 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
3nntp.comgw.net 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168
4usenet.goja.nl.eu.org 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141
5news.netfront.net 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111
6i2pn.org 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92
7news.hispagatos.org 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
8endofthelinebbs.peers.news.panix.com 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
9newsfeed.xs3.de 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
10outgoing.news.lysator.liu.se 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
11newsfeed.bofh.team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
12news.samoylyk.net 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
13news.bbs.nz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14news.furie.org.uk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL: 14 1557 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1538

Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
hispagatos.hacking.ctf 12
hispagatos.hacking.news 6
hispagatos.hacking.exploits 1
TOTAL: 3 19

INND Perl filter [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
EMP (phn path) 780
EMP (phr path) 322
Too many newsgroups 118
Binary: misplaced binary 102
EMP (md5) 97
EMP (phn nph) 21
Too many newsgroups (meow) 13
User-issued cancel 12
EMP (fsl) 2
HTML Multipart 2
Too many newsgroups (low_xpost) 1
TOTAL: 11 1470

NoCeM on Spool:

Issuer (type)NoticesBad PGPCancelSkipTotal
i2pn2-nocem@i2pn2.org (spam)20202
nocem@usenet.ovh (faqfr)10101
i2pn2-nocem@i2pn2.org (rmp)7001111
robot@pasdenom.info (spam2)60066
robot@pasdenom.info (spam3)40055
TOTAL: 520032225

Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Including strange strings
endofthelinebbs-out.news.weretis.net 39
usenet.blueworldhosting.com 18
endofthelinebbs.peers.news.panix.com 4
usenet.goja.nl.eu.org 3
news.samoylyk.net 1
news.netfront.net 1
nntp.comgw.net 1
TOTAL: 7 67
No colon-space in header field
usenet.blueworldhosting.com 1
TOTAL: 1 1
TOTAL: 2 68

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1news.netfront.net 12029 2064 5390 0 0 1 17%23:59:15
2nyheter.lysator.liu.se 6346 1685 4017 470 0 0 26%23:59:39
3news.furie.org.uk 4451 1158 2471 24 0 0 26%23:57:47
4photonic.trudheim.com 7949 641 5674 1234 0 12 8%23:59:48
5endofthelinebbs.peers.news.panix.com 7867 494 7055 1 0 0 6%23:59:34
6usenet.goja.nl.eu.org 8365 411 6523 254 0 0 4%23:59:20
7news.hispagatos.org 8515 355 6437 232 0 0 4%23:59:49
8usenet.network 7675 311 6331 36 0 0 4%23:59:49
9newsfeed.bofh.team 8612 259 7086 0 0 0 3%23:59:47
10news.bbs.nz 13677 217 6670 648 0 65 1%23:59:20
11news.nk.ca 10870 217 6627 641 0 13 1%23:59:49
12i2pn.org 8220 140 6953 67 0 7 1%23:59:49
13nntp.comgw.net 8107 123 6739 144 0 0 1%23:59:49
14news.nntp4.net 8616 101 7342 41 0 0 1%23:59:07
15news.corradoroberto.it 1131 85 732 0 0 15 7%22:27:12
16news.tnetconsulting.net 8511 76 7234 239 0 4 0%23:59:49
17news.quux.org 7958 71 6804 670 0 1 0%23:59:19
18news.weretis.net 7811 68 7316 170 0 0 0%23:59:49
19news.chmurka.net 5088 42 3518 9 0 0 0%23:59:49
20newsfeed.xs3.de 8967 41 7151 290 0 0 0%23:59:49
21news.samoylyk.net 8777 30 7294 64 0 4 0%23:59:49
22ddt.demos.su 98 3 94 0 0 0 3%06:41:44
23usenet.blueworldhosting.com 6701 1 6419 1 0 0 0%23:59:49
24feed.opticnetworks.net 0 0 0 0 0 7554 0%23:59:49
TOTAL: 24 176341 8593 131877 5235 0 7676 4%556:59:40
Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by Articles

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1news.netfront.net11.6 MB0.0 KB11.6 MB0.1 KB/s5.7 KB23:59:15
2news.furie.org.uk7.9 MB77.9 KB8.0 MB0.1 KB/s6.9 KB23:57:47
3nyheter.lysator.liu.se6.4 MB4.3 MB10.8 MB0.1 KB/s5.1 KB23:59:39
4photonic.trudheim.com4.9 MB3.9 MB8.8 MB0.1 KB/s4.8 KB23:59:48
5endofthelinebbs.peers.news.panix.com2.5 MB1.3 KB2.5 MB0.0 KB/s5.2 KB23:59:34
6newsfeed.bofh.team2.0 MB0.0 KB2.0 MB0.0 KB/s7.9 KB23:59:47
7news.hispagatos.org1.5 MB2.1 MB3.6 MB0.0 KB/s6.3 KB23:59:49
8news.quux.org1.4 MB3.9 MB5.3 MB0.1 KB/s7.3 KB23:59:19
9usenet.goja.nl.eu.org1.0 MB2.6 MB3.6 MB0.0 KB/s5.6 KB23:59:20
10news.nk.ca995.8 KB4.7 MB5.7 MB0.1 KB/s6.8 KB23:59:49
11news.samoylyk.net987.2 KB521.5 KB1.5 MB0.0 KB/s16.0 KB23:59:49
12usenet.network972.5 KB164.7 KB1.1 MB0.0 KB/s3.3 KB23:59:49
13news.bbs.nz853.9 KB5.1 MB5.9 MB0.1 KB/s7.0 KB23:59:20
14nntp.comgw.net796.7 KB1.9 MB2.6 MB0.0 KB/s10.1 KB23:59:49
15news.nntp4.net689.9 KB622.5 KB1.3 MB0.0 KB/s9.2 KB23:59:07
16newsfeed.xs3.de602.0 KB2.2 MB2.8 MB0.0 KB/s8.7 KB23:59:49
17ddt.demos.su542.0 KB0.0 KB542.0 KB0.0 KB/s180.7 KB06:41:44
18i2pn.org463.9 KB292.2 KB756.1 KB0.0 KB/s3.7 KB23:59:49
19news.tnetconsulting.net405.4 KB1.9 MB2.3 MB0.0 KB/s7.4 KB23:59:49
20news.corradoroberto.it334.2 KB0.0 KB334.2 KB0.0 KB/s3.9 KB22:27:12
21news.weretis.net310.7 KB2.8 MB3.1 MB0.0 KB/s13.3 KB23:59:49
22news.chmurka.net245.3 KB35.0 KB280.3 KB0.0 KB/s5.5 KB23:59:49
23usenet.blueworldhosting.com1.7 KB1.3 KB2.9 KB0.0 KB/s1.5 KB23:59:49
24feed.opticnetworks.net0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB/s023:59:49
TOTAL: 2447.2 MB37.1 MB84.3 MB0.0 KB/s6.2 KB556:59:40
Outgoing feeds (innfeed) by Volume

NNRP readership statistics:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1167.94.146.48 3 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:04
269.10.48.174 2 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:02
3147.185.132.152 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
4147.185.132.174 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:10
5162.142.125.195 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
6162.142.125.42 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:01
7167.94.138.118 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:02
8167.94.138.125 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:01
9167.94.138.48 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:06
102001:470:28:a8:3ad5:47ff:fe02:c2fd 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:10:00
11205.210.31.255 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:10
122607:ff10:c8:594::e 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:02
13azpdwgb40.stretchoid.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
14battery.census.shodan.io 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:01
15localhost 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:12:37
16server-0-3.survey.inspici.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:03
17soda.census.shodan.io 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
TOTAL: 17 20 00.0 KB 0 0 000:23:24

NNRP readership statistics (by domain):

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1unresolved 13 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:39
2? 3 00.0 KB 0 0 000:22:39
3*.census.shodan.io 2 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:01
4*.stretchoid.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
5*.survey.inspici.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:03
TOTAL: 5 20 00.0 KB 0 0 000:23:24

NNRP auth users [Top 20]:

UserConn
getlist 1
TOTAL: 1 1

NNRP total resource statistics [Top 20]:

SystemUser(ms)System(ms)Idle(ms)Elapsed
localhost 179.536 368.575 0.07900:12:37
2001:470:28:a8:3ad5:47ff:fe02:c2fd 0.010 0.010 0.00000:10:00
147.185.132.174 0.000 0.017 0.00000:00:10
205.210.31.255 0.008 0.008 0.00000:00:10
167.94.138.48 0.016 0.012 0.00000:00:06
167.94.146.48 0.008 0.056 0.00000:00:04
server-0-3.survey.inspici.com 0.006 0.011 0.00000:00:03
167.94.138.118 0.010 0.017 0.00000:00:02
69.10.48.174 0.009 0.037 0.00000:00:02
2607:ff10:c8:594::e 0.000 0.017 0.00000:00:02
162.142.125.42 0.004 0.023 0.00000:00:01
battery.census.shodan.io 0.000 0.016 0.00000:00:01
167.94.138.125 0.014 0.014 0.00000:00:01
162.142.125.195 0.005 0.025 0.00000:00:00
soda.census.shodan.io 0.004 0.013 0.00000:00:00
147.185.132.152 0.000 0.027 0.00000:00:00
azpdwgb40.stretchoid.com 0.000 0.017 0.00000:00:00
TOTAL: 17 179.630 368.895 0.07900:23:24

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

SystemConn
147.185.132.152 4
162.142.125.195 1
162.142.125.42 1
167.94.138.118 1
167.94.138.125 1
167.94.138.48 1
167.94.146.48 1
azpdwgb40.stretchoid.com 1
TOTAL: 8 11

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

CommandCount
EHLO www.censys.io 6
Accept-Encoding: gzip 1
GET / HTTP/1.1 1
Host: 144.172.126.95:119 1
MGLNDD_144.172.126.95_119 1
User-Agent: Expanse, a Palo Alto Network... 1
TOTAL: 6 11

NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
167.94.146.48 1 2
TOTAL: 1 1 2
innreport from INN 2.8.0 (20240622 prerelease) based on initial work (©) 1996-2001 by Fabien Tassin <fta@sofaraway.org> and enhanced by several contributors since then