Hello!

When doing some research I found rather strange stuff:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/control/comp/comp.compression.gz

From usenet Fri May 16 22:03:52 2003
Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.hanau.net!image.surnet.ru!WWW1.relcom.ru!demos!twin1.
cbr.ru!twin2.cbr.ru!not-for-mail
From: [email protected] (news)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.compression
Control: newgroup comp.compression
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:43:34 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Central Bank Of Russia
Lines: 1
Approved: [email protected]
Message-ID: <b8be26$c5b$[email protected]>
NNTP-Posting-Host: mx2
X-Trace: mx2.cbr.ru 1051278214 12459 10.85.53.21 (25 Apr 2003 13:43:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: [email protected]
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:43:34 +0000 (UTC)
Xref: shelby.stanford.edu control.newgroup:204648

Control Message

It looks like this was indeed of the central bank of Russia - or was
the path forged?

Does somebody know more about that?

Why did the bank operate a Usenet server?

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Marco

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On Mar 14, 2025 at 3:06:50 PM CDT, "Marco Moock" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello!

When doing some research I found rather strange stuff:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/control/comp/comp.compression.gz

From usenet Fri May 16 22:03:52 2003
Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.max well.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfe ed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.hanau.net!image.surnet.ru!WWW1.relc om.ru!demos!twin1.cbr.ru!twin2.cbr.ru!not-for-mail
From: [email protected] (news)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: cmsg newgroup comp.compression
Control: newgroup comp.compression
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:43:34 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Central Bank Of Russia
Lines: 1
Approved: [email protected]
Message-ID: <b8be26$c5b$[email protected]>
NNTP-Posting-Host: mx2
X-Trace: mx2.cbr.ru 1051278214 12459 10.85.53.21 (25 Apr 2003 13:43:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: [email protected]
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:43:34 +0000 (UTC)
Xref: shelby.stanford.edu control.newgroup:204648

Control Message

It looks like this was indeed of the central bank of Russia - or was
the path forged?

Does somebody know more about that?

Why did the bank operate a Usenet server?

I cannot speak to the control message itself, but back when the Internet was much smaller, almost every decently-sized organization that had a presence on the Internet ran a Usenet server. It doesn't surprise me that the Central Bank of Russia would have had servers.

Since neva.ru went offline some years ago, I don't think I've seen any Russian servers in a Path header, at least not from the .ru TLD. Are there still any
in Russia that are peering?

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On 22.03.2025 00:12 Uhr Jesse Rehmer wrote:

Since neva.ru went offline some years ago, I don't think I've seen
any Russian servers in a Path header, at least not from the .ru TLD.
Are there still any in Russia that are peering?

There are usenet.network, news.kraft-s.ru, ddt.demos.su, news.tambov.ru


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kind regards
Marco

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