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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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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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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