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    From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to All on Tue Nov 11 10:30:49 2025
    Hi All,

    I have a new node/link in AmigaNet using Synchronet on Freebsd. I'm noticing some strangeness:


    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] incoming session with ***
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] OPT CRYPT
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] Remote requests CRYPT mode
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] SYS ***
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] ZYZ ***
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] LOC ***
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] TIME Tue Nov 11 2025 08:29:58 GMT+0000 (WET)
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] VER BinkIT/2.41,JSBinkP/4,sbbs3.20d/FreeBSD binkp/1.1 + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] addr: 39:***/***@AmigaNet
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] addr: 21:*/***@fsxnet (n/a or busy)
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] addr: 1337:*/***@tqwnet (n/a or busy)
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] pwd protected session (MD5)
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] session in CRYPT mode
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] receiving f4o5881q.pkt (19 byte(s), off 0)
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] rcvd: f4o5881q.pkt (19, 19.00 CPS, 39:***/***@AmigaNet)
    ? 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] recv: connection closed by foreign host
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] done (from 39:***/***@AmigaNet, failed, S/R: 0/1 (0/19 bytes))
    11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] session closed, quitting...

    ------------ Tue 2025-11-11, FMail-lnx64-2.3.2.4-Beta20240523
    09:29:58.974 Toss
    09:29:58.978 Error reading packet header in file: /home/fido/inbound/f4o5881q.pkt, renamed with extension: '.error'

    # xxd f4o5881q.pkt.error
    0000000: 4269 6e6b 4954 2f32 2e34 3120 6172 6773 BinkIT/2.41 args
    0000010: 3a20 0a : .


    Firstly the .pkt file that isn't a .pkt file?

    Secondly the 'recv' from the remote before the connection is complete, so my binkd flags it as 'failed'...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Wilfred van Velzen on Tue Nov 11 13:58:33 2025
    Re: Strange issues
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to All on Tue Nov 11 2025 10:30 am

    09:29:58.978 Error reading packet header in file: /home/fido/inbound/f4o5881q.pkt, renamed with extension: '.error'

    # xxd f4o5881q.pkt.error
    0000000: 4269 6e6b 4954 2f32 2e34 3120 6172 6773 BinkIT/2.41 args
    0000010: 3a20 0a : .


    Firstly the .pkt file that isn't a .pkt file?

    Looks like that is the contents of a lock/.bsy file created by BinkIt. These files should *not* sent to the remote host, so that is very weird.

    Secondly the 'recv' from the remote before the connection is complete, so my binkd flags it as 'failed'...

    I don't follow you there.
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to Digital Man on Wed Nov 12 11:05:56 2025
    Hi Digital,

    On 2025-11-11 13:58:33, you wrote to me:

    09:29:58.978 Error reading packet header in file:
    /home/fido/inbound/f4o5881q.pkt, renamed with extension: '.error'

    # xxd f4o5881q.pkt.error
    0000000: 4269 6e6b 4954 2f32 2e34 3120 6172 6773 BinkIT/2.41 args
    0000010: 3a20 0a : .


    Firstly the .pkt file that isn't a .pkt file?

    Looks like that is the contents of a lock/.bsy file created by BinkIt. These
    files should *not* sent to the remote host, so that is very weird.

    Indeed weird, but what is the solution? ;-)

    Secondly the 'recv' from the remote before the connection is complete,
    so my binkd flags it as 'failed'...

    I don't follow you there.

    A "normal" incoming session, like for instance one with your system ends like this (as seen in the binkd log):

    ...
    - 12 Nov 09:31:12 [22442] VER BinkIT/2.41,JSBinkP/4,sbbs3.21a/Linux binkp/1.1
    + 12 Nov 09:31:12 [22442] addr: 1:103/705@fidonet
    ...
    - 12 Nov 09:31:12 [22442] receiving 691445ca.pkt (1007 byte(s), off 0)
    + 12 Nov 09:31:12 [22442] rcvd: 691445ca.pkt (1007, 1007.00 CPS, 1:103/705@fidonet)
    + 12 Nov 09:31:12 [22442] done (from 1:103/705@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1 (0/1007 bytes))
    12 Nov 09:31:13 [22442] session closed, quitting...

    On this system I see this:

    ...
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] VER BinkIT/2.41,JSBinkP/4,sbbs3.20d/FreeBSD binkp/1.1 ...
    - 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] receiving f4o5881q.pkt (19 byte(s), off 0)
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] rcvd: f4o5881q.pkt (19, 19.00 CPS, 39:***/***@AmigaNet)
    ? 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] recv: connection closed by foreign host
    + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] done (from 39:***/***@AmigaNet, failed, S/R: 0/1 (0/19 bytes))
    11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] session closed, quitting...

    I don't know the exact meaning of the recv line, but it seems like a forced connection close by the other end. And not a regular protocol "finish". So it's flagged as "failed", and my binkd tries this node again after a configured retry time...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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