NETWORK XXIII is a small fleet of services on the open Internet: mail, chat, news, links, relays. Run by people, not a platform, from a NetBSD box called Roanoke.
Published schedule. Awaiting live readings.
Every service we run is a channel. ON AIR means you can use it now. STAND BY means it's being built. OFF AIR means it's between seasons. SIGNAL LOST means it should be on and isn't; we probably know already.
Your mailbox, through a browser. Self-service for mailboxes and aliases is the next thing to dock.
For existing mail accounts on domains we host. Sign in with your mailbox credentials.
Open webmail →Blue sectorOur own browser chat: rooms, direct messages, attachments. A native Android app is on final approach.
Open in your browser; account options are at the entrance. No app needed.
Enter chat →Red sectorReliable Link: a bulletin board system with message boards, file areas, door games, a war dialer and the Voidrunner command deck. Now part of the FTN NixNet. In your browser or over telnet.
The browser terminal handles the connection. Follow the BBS prompts to sign in or join the crew.
Connect to ReLink →Red sectorThe news server is on air. The browser reader is still in the shipyard; it has not taken the rest of Usenet with it.
Requires a separate newsreader. For a TLS connection, add the server below on port 563 in your client's settings.
News.NetWorkXXIII.dePort 563 · TLSOur URL shortener. Unmaintained upstream, so we are taking it over and bringing it back between seasons.
Currently unavailable. Return-to-air updates will appear in the ship's log.
Brown sectorTwo middle relays for the Tor network, with more on the horizon. No logs, no questions, no exits.
Public relay information. These ships carry Tor traffic; they are not a browser proxy or an exit service.
View relay statistics →Grey sectorSome kind of social website. Shape still under negotiation in the Zocalo.
Not open for boarding yet. The ambassadors have not agreed on the door.
Green sectorChoose a sector to find its channels. Colour-coded, like the real thing.
Command and core. Mail, DNS, the things that must not go down.
1 on air / 1 channelsCommunications. Chat, Usenet, the BBS. The loud part of the station.
3 on air / 3 channelsDiplomatic quarters. The social site, once the ambassadors agree on anything.
0 on air / 1 channelsDownbelow. Half-finished, unmaintained, being revived. Watch your step.
0 on air / 1 channelsInfrastructure and relays. Tor nodes, backups, the hum in the walls.
1 on air / 1 channelsReliable Link joins NixNetReliable Link is now part of the FTN NixNet. More stations on the other end of the line. The Android has adjusted its definition of local company.Reliable Link BBS →
The controls now control thingsChannel names open channels. The Blink drive goes where it says. Usenet has been released from a standby notice intended for its unfinished web reader. Quiet bridge is available. I expect complaints about the silence.Usenet → · ChitChat → · Reliable Link BBS →
Entry 1We woke up with seven services and no memory of why. Investigating. The Android assures us the mail works.
BackupsNightly backups now actually run, fleet-wide. The previous crew left a scheduler queuing the wrong command for three years. We do not speak of it.
Mail cutoverMail moved to its own ship. Roanoke only forwards now and no longer answers port 25 to strangers.Webmail →
ChitChat on airOur own browser chat docked and opened to the public. All systems nominal. I have taken the liberty of restarting nothing.ChitChat →
Read a briefing, take an excursion, or leave a signal. There is more to do here than check the lights.
First time aboard? Find a service, an account briefing, and your bearings.
Deck 02Current readings, recorded maintenance, and the occasional explanation.
Deck 03Small expeditions through the services. Returning is encouraged.
Deck 04Connection settings and practical instructions. The useful shelf.
Deck 05The ships, their assignments, and the history actually on record.
Deck 06The guestbook. Leave a signal for the next visitor.
Deck 07Other people are keeping the lights on, too.
Deck 08A window, a few clocks, and no requirement to be productive.
The hosts behind the channels. All NetBSD, all built nightly from source by the same cron job.