News archive

[April 29, 2023 to May 7, 2023] Planned maintenance breaks
We are scheduling project outages from April 29, 2023 to May 7, 2023.

These will be temporary access issues.
Sometimes these interruptions may last a few hours at most.
29 Apr 2023, 13:52:18 UTC · Discuss

New Year 2023!

Best wishes for the New Year 2023!

May this new year 2023 be only better than the old year 2022!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1609629539449159681
1 Jan 2023, 19:17:29 UTC · Discuss

Merry Christmas 2022

On the occasion of Christmas, the project team extends best wishes to everyone.

Much health.
Much happiness.
Much success.
Happy Christmas.
Fast computers and lots of credits ;)
24 Dec 2022, 23:44:14 UTC · Discuss

Infrastructure problems (LTO)
Within the infrastructure problems are the needs for mass data storage.

We need an LTO drive or LTO library.
Alternatively, LTO tapes themselves may also be useful.

The preferred LTO generation is LTO4 or LTO5.

If anyone has any in their storeroom/basement/garage :) we are happy to accept this type of equipment for our own needs.

Perhaps it is just taking up unnecessary space at someone's place.

If anyone knows anything about this type of equipment, please send us an e-mail:
lswierczewski@cybercomplex.net

Thanks!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1599012980087488512
3 Dec 2022, 12:11:59 UTC · Discuss

Thena.Computational and GridCoin
Further to an earlier announcement, we are planning to add the iThena.Computational project to GridCoin.

However, the possible final date for adding iThena.Computational to GridCoin is not yet known.

Soon the iThena GRAPH tasks will be finished. Currently, we are not generating new GRAPH tasks - however, we are planning to update the GRAPH application and add Windows support for the HEX application.

The above changes apply to the iThena.Computational subproject.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1599006778808623104
3 Dec 2022, 11:49:10 UTC · Discuss

iThena.Computational: Organizational information
We are currently implementing the iThena HEX application.
This application is now available for Linux 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.

We plan to add support for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit platforms in the near future.

The iThena HEX application has quorum=2 (verification by wingman).

We will currently stop generating new tasks in the iThena GRAPH application. This application will be modified. Current tasks (also available in the queue on the server) will be available normally.
No new tasks will be generated for iThena GRAPH until the tasks are updated.

We plan to integrate the iThena.Computational project with GridCoin.

The iThena.Measurements project has a lot of problems (frequent storage issue) and on root.ithena.net at this time it is not possible.

The integration of iThena.Computational with GridCoin also automatically forces us to improve system availability (the system must be online).

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1596929452583575552

Original post at iThena.Computational: https://comp.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=48
(This message is essentially about iThena.Computational)
27 Nov 2022, 20:58:43 UTC · Discuss

[June 10, 2022 to June 12, 2022] Planned maintenance breaks
We are scheduling project outages from June 10, 2022 to June 12, 2022.

These will be temporary access issues.
Sometimes these interruptions may last a few hours at most.

The downtime is related to upgrades (frequent problems with hard drives and storage on the iThena.Measurements platform).
10 Jun 2022, 12:47:02 UTC · Discuss

Easter 2022 Greetings

On the occasion of Easter we would like to wish you all the best.
The best wishes in these very difficult times for everyone.

We remember that there are many very old topics on the forum, but unfortunately lately we have a very shortage of time. We apologize for the problems and often lack of information.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1515778351016951823
17 Apr 2022, 19:32:17 UTC · Discuss

[January 20, 2022] Planned maintenance breaks
We plan to perform a maintenance outage tomorrow (January 20, 2022) for system maintenance.

There may be service availability issues from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (UTC time).

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1483878964812816385
19 Jan 2022, 19:06:02 UTC · Discuss

OONI: iThena integration of OONI Probe boosts censorship measurement coverage worldwide
OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference) has published a blog post on its integration with the iThena project.

We encourage everyone to read it:
https://ooni.org/post/2021-ithena-boosts-ooni-measurement-coverage/

We invite everyone to visit the official OONI website:
https://ooni.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1475465030971924489
27 Dec 2021, 13:53:39 UTC · Discuss

[December 25, 2021 to December 26, 2021] Planned maintenance breaks
We are scheduling project outages from December 25, 2021 to December 26, 2021.

These will be temporary access issues.
Sometimes these interruptions may last a few hours at most.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1474664258797551616
25 Dec 2021, 8:48:24 UTC · Discuss

Merry Christmas 2021

On the occasion of Christmas, the project team extends best wishes to everyone.

Much health.
Much happiness.
Much success.
Happy Christmas.
Fast computers and lots of credits ;)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1474476379425189890
24 Dec 2021, 20:20:53 UTC · Discuss

iThena.Computational
We invite everyone to participate in a new CPU-intensive project: iThena.Computational.

Master URL of: https://comp.ithena.net/usr/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1456907851394338818
6 Nov 2021, 8:45:23 UTC · Discuss

[October 30, 2021] Changing entries in the DNS zone - possible DNS propagation problems
On October 30, 2021, we changed the entries in the DNS zone for the root.ithena.net subdomain.

Previously root.ithena.net subdomain pointed to IPv4 address: 80.204.27.80.

Currently root.ithena.net subdomain points to IPv4 address: 146.59.48.180.

This change may be noticed on some systems with a longer delay.
Please let us know if you have problems accessing the website.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1454536059459710982
30 Oct 2021, 19:48:24 UTC · Discuss

Long-term storage issue: LTO / Linear Tape-Open
There are some storage issues that arise.
We are missing some LTO drive/streamer in the infrastructure.
An LTO3 or LTO4 drive would solve a lot of the long-term storage issues at this point.

If someone has an unused LTO3 or better LTO4 drive and could donate it, we would be very grateful :)
Direct email contact: lswierczewski [at] cybercomplex [dot] net

This type of help would be very useful, and there are sometimes hardware replacements in various companies.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1454051941336633349
29 Oct 2021, 11:44:06 UTC · Discuss

[October 30, 2021 to November 1, 2021] Planned maintenance breaks
We are scheduling project outages from October 30, 2021 to November 1, 2021.

These will be temporary access issues.
Sometimes these interruptions may last a few hours at most.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1454046440418942976
29 Oct 2021, 11:21:52 UTC · Discuss

iThena OONI Probe: ARM Platform [1]
We have added support for the iThena OONI Probe application for the ARM platform: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.

We plan to add more ARM platforms soon.

You are welcome to test the iThena OONI Probe application on ARM (bugs are possible on this platform at this time - preliminary testing).

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1449116335582158848
15 Oct 2021, 20:45:02 UTC · Discuss

New Task Series for iThena OONI Probe - New Settings
A new job series has been introduced for the iThena OONI Probe application.

The job tasks in the new series, are named: OONI_TESTS_1D_T...

A parameter has been set in the new series:

Max Memory Usage: 256 MB

Previously the "Max Memory Usage" value was 2048 MB which was too high (a particular problem on 32-bit platforms).

In addition, the number of credits for completing a task has been changed to 8 (previously it was 2).

Clients can still receive tasks from the old OONI_TESTS_0D_T.. series. (there are still some left in the queue).

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1447105469252841472
10 Oct 2021, 7:42:31 UTC · Discuss

OONI: News: Statistics

OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference) has released a very interesting news graphic.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1443944726235856901
2 Oct 2021, 10:46:25 UTC · Discuss

iThena: News
Today we surpassed 70 000 computers (theoretical number) in the iThena Project. Thank you all very much for your involvement, and we encourage you to participate in the sub-projects - especially the latest OONI Probe.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1441740283109117957
25 Sep 2021, 12:20:59 UTC · Discuss

Application: iThena OONI Probe
We implemented the OONI Probe application on the iThena platform on a test basis.
There may be errors for this application at this time.
However, please report any bugs or issues to us.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1439052765850918912
18 Sep 2021, 2:23:08 UTC · Discuss

OONI Probe in iThena System
We plan to add a new application within the iThena platform as a sub-project of NCI.

This will be an implementation of the OONI Probe.

Originally, this program is developed by Open Observatory of Network Interference - Global community measuring Internet censorship since 2012.

This is a preliminary/first message - we will keep you posted on the next steps of implementation.

For more information, please visit:

https://ooni.org/
https://ooni.org/about/
https://ooni.org/nettest/
https://ooni.org/install/
https://explorer.ooni.org/countries

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1433169483334553600
1 Sep 2021, 20:43:38 UTC · Discuss

Ya!vaConf 2021 [3]

Further to the news Ya!vaConf 2021.

Thanks so much for the conference gift.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1424815895910789120
9 Aug 2021, 19:29:14 UTC · Discuss

Completed migration to new platform.
Stability and performance testing.
New Hypervisor and SAS10k drives in mirror mode.
If there are any new issues, please let us know.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1424691763114123275
9 Aug 2021, 11:17:58 UTC · Discuss

[08.08.2021 - Sunday] Maintenance break
We are planning a maintenance break for the evening hours today (08.08.2021, Sunday).
Maintenance break from approximately 20:00 (UTC+2:00 time zone).
The iThena project will be unavailable.
The break should last a few hours at most.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1424350491270598656
8 Aug 2021, 12:21:26 UTC · Discuss

Restoring the system to run in the new environment (temporary move)
After many problems, the BOINC server virtualization was moved to another server.
This is a temporary move, as the platform will eventually be moved to faster SAS 10k disks (within a few days).
We will keep you informed about planned shutdowns.

Link to ticket: https://status.cybercomplex.net/index.php?do=details&task_id=3

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1423242652368220167
5 Aug 2021, 11:19:37 UTC · Discuss

[03.08.2021 - Tuesday] Migration of the main BOINC virtual machine
On 03.08.2021 (Tuesday) we plan to perform a migration of the main BOINC virtual machine. Starting at 7:00 (UTC+2:00 time zone) the ithena.net website and the entire BOINC project will not be available. Hopefully the project will be available again the same day. Sorry for the problems ;)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1422263743120035844
2 Aug 2021, 18:29:02 UTC · Discuss

Ya!vaConf 2021 [2]

Further to the news Ya!vaConf 2021 a presentation (PDF) is available online. Title in polish: "BOINC + ElasticStack = architektura zbierania, gromadzenia, przetwarzania i archiwizowania danych w kontekście projektu obliczeń rozproszonych iThena".

English translation of the title: "BOINC + Elastic Stack = architecture for data collection, gathering, processing and archiving in the context of the iThena distributed computing project".

CAIDA catalogue data: https://catalog.caida.org/details/media/2021_yavaconf_ithena

PDF link: https://cybercomplex.net/docs/YAVA_CONF_2021_BOINC_ELK_ITHENA.pdf

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1418610178694516742
23 Jul 2021, 16:25:16 UTC · Discuss

Possible technical interruptions from July 10, 2021 to July 11, 2021
From July 10, 2021 to July 11, 2021 there will be temporary problems with access to the project.
These problems are related to the changes in infrastructure.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1413750107229540352
10 Jul 2021, 6:39:33 UTC · Discuss

Tor Network Gateway
The following websites are now accessible from the Tor network:

root.ithena.net:
ithenash .. pv425zid.onion

cybercomplex.net:
cybercom .. kivkbqyd.onion

howfaster.net:
howfastm .. mdmfomid.onion

We encourage you to use the anonymous version of these sites ;)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1411752709070462978
4 Jul 2021, 18:21:35 UTC · Discuss

Ya!vaConf 2021

We invite you to the conference Ya!vaConf 2021.
URL: https://yavaconf.com/
24 Jun 2021, 5:26:43 UTC · Discuss

Possible technical interruptions from June 5, 2021 to June 6, 2021
From June 5, 2021 to June 6, 2021 there will be temporary problems with access to the project.
These problems are related to the changes in infrastructure.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1400359167345430530
3 Jun 2021, 7:48:29 UTC · Discuss

Open-Source Proxmox platform as part of the infrastructure

As part of our own initiatives we use open-source software.

Such systems based on open-source model are BOINC, and Elastic Stack.

We use advanced virtualization technologies and LXC containers based on Proxmox Virtual Environment.

Following the information on Wikipedia:

Proxmox Virtual Environment is an open-source server virtualization management platform. It is a Debian-based Linux distribution with a modified Ubuntu LTS kernel and allows deployment and management of virtual machines and containers. Proxmox VE includes a web console and command-line tools, and provides a REST API for third-party tools.

Open-source models built by communities in a huge way are very interesting.

We encourage you to support open-source initiatives and take advantage of such environments!

Links:
https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve/testimonials/item/cyber-complex-foundation
https://www.proxmox.com/images/proxmox/testimonials/2021_03-Cyber-Complex-Foundation-runs-Proxmox-VE.pdf
https://www.proxmox.com/images/proxmox/testimonials/2021_03-Cyber-Complex-Foundation-arbeitet-mit-Proxmox-VE.pdf

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1378668175643054080
4 Apr 2021, 11:06:06 UTC · Discuss

Possible technical interruptions from April 2, 2021 to April 5, 2021
From April 2, 2021 to April 5, 2021 there will be temporary problems with access to the project.

These problems are related to the changes in infrastructure.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1378001139858280454
2 Apr 2021, 15:05:23 UTC · Discuss

SBG3 infrastructure element restored to operation
SBG3 (OVH) infrastructure element of the iThena project was restored today.
The iThena tasks should slowly start functioning normally.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1373729290425147396
21 Mar 2021, 20:09:42 UTC · Discuss

First summary of a major SBG Strasbourg incident
On March 10, 2021, a major fire occurred in the datacenter area of Strasbourg (OVH).

In the incident, one component of the iThena project was completely destroyed.

Another component located in SBG3 was temporarily shut down (only power sections destroyed). According to OVH, the SBG3 infrastructure we use should be up and running around March 22, 2021.

There may be issues with the iThena project applications.
These issues will completely disappear when the SBG3 zone is fully restored by OVH engineers.

At the same time, our team has developed improvements in the application code to fix such problems in the future.

You are welcome to test the new version of iThena CNODE application (v1.18b1).

Forum topic:
https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=125&postid=1086#1086

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1371219503426703360
14 Mar 2021, 21:56:59 UTC · Discuss

Major Incident Impacting Strasbourg DataCenter and impact on the iThena Project
We had one of the subsystems in Strasbourg DataCenter SBG3. Today (March 10, 2021) there were fires in the Strasbourg DataCenter area. Unfortunately there were problems with the iThena CNODE application. We are currently moving the subsystem to another DataCenter.

We lost communication with SBG3 according to the monitoring:
Event timestamp: 2021-03-10 01:23:33 UTC+0

Official info:
http://travaux.ovh.net/?do=details&id=49484&

We apologize for the problems!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1369705892103528449
10 Mar 2021, 17:40:23 UTC · Discuss

Open.Data HowFaster.NET: Open Internet network measurements datasets / Otwarte zbiory danych pomiarów w sieci Internet

March 6, 2021 was Open Data Day.

The official website of Open Data Day:
https://opendataday.org/

As part of this initiative and in relation to the iThena (BOINC) and HowFaster.NET projects, an online event was organized:
"Open.Data HowFaster.NET: Open Internet network measurements datasets / Otwarte zbiory danych pomiarów w sieci Internet"

Links:
https://odd.howfaster.net/
https://opendataday.org/events/2021/#open-data-howfaster-net-open-internet-network-measurement-datasets-otwarte-zb

Follow this link to find the presentation from this event:
https://howfaster.net/files/presentations/OPEN_DATA_DAY_2021_OPEN.DATA_HOWFASTER.NET.pdf

Thank you all for your help and involvement.

Twiter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1369045165013430275
8 Mar 2021, 21:55:37 UTC · Discuss

March 6, 2021 (Saturday): Planned maintenance interruption of the project availability
On March 6, 2021 (Saturday) there will be a disruption in the availability of the project. This will take place from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm UTC+1 (CET Europe/Warsaw).

From the afternoon hours the project should operate normally.

Sorry for the problems! :)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1367931582170927107
5 Mar 2021, 20:06:53 UTC · Discuss

Open.Data HowFaster.NET: Open Internet network measurements datasets / Otwarte zbiory danych pomiarów w sieci Internet

Open Data Day 2021 will be held on March 6, 2021.

Open Data Day 2021 will include a small event about the iThena project and the HowFaster.NET (results presentation 'layer') website.

Oficjalna strona Open Data Day 2021:
https://opendataday.org/

The event will be held in polish language.
The multimedia presentation given at the event will be made available after a few days to everyone online.

Click here for more information:
https://opendataday.org/events/2021/#open-data-howfaster-net-open-internet-network-measurement-datasets-otwarte-zb
and
https://odd.howfaster.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1366772983310798848
2 Mar 2021, 15:13:41 UTC · Discuss

Dedicated DNS servers available (as part of optimization)
Applications (especially CNode) can now make significant use of DNS servers.

To avoid overloading other servers (not necessarily your ISP) you can use our DNS servers:

ns1.cybercomplex.net
Location: Germany/Frankfurt
IPv4: 51.75.75.243
IPv6: 2001:41d0:701:1100::452

ns2.cybercomplex.net
Location: Canada/Beauharnois
IPv4: 142.4.202.62
IPv6: 2607:5300:101:0:0:0:0:75d

ns3.cybercomplex.net
Location: Poland/Warsaw
IPv4: 80.211.250.127
IPv6: fe80::250:56ff:fea9:8da0

ns4.cybercomplex.net
Location: Australia/Sydney
IPv4: 139.99.170.90
IPv6: 2402:1f00:8100:400::125a

You can also set up your own DNS server (or just DNS cache) on your LAN.
This is especially important if you have several/many BOINC clients and CNode app.
You can check which of the above DNS will be the best (geolocation).
10 Feb 2021, 20:42:51 UTC · Discuss

NMN magazine: "Internet security - reality or only illusion?" (Polish title: "Bezpieczeństwo w sieci - rzeczywistość czy jedynie iluzja?")

An interview appeared in NMN magazine: "Internet security - reality or only illusion?" (Polish title: "Bezpieczeństwo w sieci - rzeczywistość czy jedynie iluzja?").

Unfortunately, the content is only available in Polish.

However we strongly encourage you to read the content - you can find some words also about the iThena project.

Links:
NMN Magazine: https://www.nowoczesnamysl.pl/
PDF content: https://www.nowoczesnamysl.pl/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=882
PDF content (own mirror): https://doc.ithena.net/NMN-nr-4-5-grudzien-2020-styczen-2021.pdf

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1357093256610394119
3 Feb 2021, 22:16:27 UTC · Discuss

BOINC Radio - BOINC Network EPISODE 3, 29th January 2021: Sensor Projects
We invite you to listen to a new episode of BOINC Radio - BOINC Network EPISODE 3, 29th January 2021: Sensor Projects.

Information about many BOINC projects, including a few sentences about iThena.

We invite you to listen to BOINC Radio regularly ;)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1355432733556793346
30 Jan 2021, 8:31:46 UTC · Discuss

Q1 2021: Planned hardware upgrade of the iThena BOINC platform
A major hardware upgrade of the BOINC server is planned for Q1 2021.

Currently, the BOINC platform shares hardware resources within the framework of virtualization.

I plan to separate the BOINC platform into dedicated hardware resources (dedicated server).

This server will probably run on 15k SAS drives (mirroring) with double socket Intel Xeon CPU.

If somebody has unnecessary SAS hard drives (15k or even 10k) or some RAM (DDR3 ECC/non-ECC), these are components that can be very useful in hardware system;)

In case someone would like to donate this type of hardware to the project or have other interesting components (also network equipment) can contact me by email: lswierczewski@cybercomplex.net

In Q1 2021, we also plan to make a significant upgrade of the Internet access link.

The exact timing of the changes is not yet known.
11 Jan 2021, 12:08:40 UTC · Discuss

Open.Data (HowFaster.Net) - First sets of result data from iThena Project released

Today (December 31, 2020) we are officially releasing the first data under the Open.Data Initiative.

This data is available on HowFaster.net and is the result of measurements in the iThena project.

The data is officially available at the address:
https://open.data.howfaster.net

The information is available in formats: CSV and JSON.
The information contains data of the same type as presented on HowFaster.Net.
However, the CSV/JSON data contain additional parameters and you can perform your own analyses based on them.

The final data structure is not yet determined.
The data structure presented in the files is a preliminary concept.

The data is released under the Open Database License (ODbL).

Information about the license:
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1-0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Database_License

License links:
https://open.data.howfaster.net/LICENSE.txt
https://open.data.howfaster.net/LICENSE-ODbL.txt

The data may have some misrepresentations (related to not yet tested implementations of export scripts etc.).
If you see any errors, please provide information :)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1344679183323193344
31 Dec 2020, 15:58:41 UTC · Discuss

Happy New Year 2021!

iThena Project Team wishes everyone a Happy New Year 2021!

Lots of health, lots of luck!

Lots of money and lots of credits! (BOINC credits of course)

To make the new year much better!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1344607405057966081
31 Dec 2020, 11:25:18 UTC · Discuss

Happy Christmas 2020!

I would like to wish the iThena users and all those supporting the BOINC initiative, as well as others supporting interesting ideas: Happy Christmas!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1342124241009967105
24 Dec 2020, 15:03:54 UTC · Discuss

HOWFASTER.NET: Following on from previous LVEE 2020 ONLINE EDITION news

At the conference LVEE 2020 ONLINE EDITION (date: 19.12.2020) the website HOWFASTER.NET was presented for the first time.

It was the premiere information about this site :)

Howfaster.net presents simple results (in statistical terms) of the iThena project.

It contains information about delays in terms of AS (Autonomous Systems / Companies), Cities, Regions, Countries etc.

The site is currently in beta.
There may be errors in the data displayed on the site.

Currently there are only two rankings added:
- September 2019
- November 2019

However, we are working on adding more months of data.
We are also working on removing data errors.
New statistics/metrics will be added to the system.

Sample screenshots from the first release:

Part of the AS ranking:

Part of the cities ranking:

Part of the countries ranking:

Of course, the rankings presented on howfaster.net are based on data from the iThena Project.

Many thanks to all users!
Please be patient :)
We will continue to work (patching of bugs) - there are a lot of problems in system but thanks a lot.
21 Dec 2020, 21:56:50 UTC · Discuss

LVEE 2020 ONLINE EDITION Conference and iThena Project
On 19.12.2020 the conference LVEE 2020 ONLINE EDITION took place.

The LVEE conference is focused on open-source software and technology.

A presentation was made at the conference: iThena Project: Distributed measurements and analysis of the global Internet – BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) and Big Data environment

Link to LVEE website: https://lvee.org/en/main and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Vacation_/_Eastern_Europe
Link to the presentation PDF file: http://cybercomplex.net/docs/LVEE_2020_ONLINE_EDITION_SWIERCZEWSKI.pdf

I encourage you to read it.
Probably inside there is a small surprise about the project results and their partial publication :)
20 Dec 2020, 12:38:12 UTC · Discuss

iThena Project - another small point

Today, the iThena Project exceeded 30,000 hosts (theoretical/total number).

Thank you very much to all users for your help and patience!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1325885749875662855
9 Nov 2020, 19:30:55 UTC · Discuss

New information: CCF
On 23 October 2020, the Cyber-Complex Foundation was officially entered into the Polish register: KRS (National Court Register).
Cyber-Complex Foundation website: https://cybercomplex.net

The Foundation will begin to take over the function of the organizer of the iThena project.

This is a very small step.
We are currently working all the time.
Sometimes you can't see the effects so quickly and you have to wait for them.

Thank you all for your work so far.

We have a lot of plans.
You are expecting information ;)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1325445563148623882
8 Nov 2020, 13:46:50 UTC · Discuss

iThena PERF: Automatic task generator was launched
Yesterday (Friday, 23 October 2020) in the evening hours, the iThena PERF automatic task generator was launched. New tasks in iThena are available :)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1320065938612420608/
24 Oct 2020, 18:19:07 UTC · Discuss

New Badges: iThena CNode and iThena PERF - credits points requirements

Referring to the news item I would like to start a discussion on the credits points requirements for certain badge.

The topic on the forum announcing badge: https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=83

Preliminary proposal concerning the category "total credit" for individual applications:

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iThena CNode Badge:

Badge		TotalC	2Power
==============================
Bronze		8192	13
Silver		16384	14
Gold		32768	15
Amethyst	65536	16
Ruby		131072	17
Turquoise	262144	18
Jade		524288	19
Sapphire	1048576	20
Emerald		2097152	21
Diamond		4194304	22


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iThena PERF Badge:

Badge		TotalC		2Power
======================================
Bronze		32768		15
Silver		65536		16
Gold		131072		17
Amethyst	262144		18
Ruby		524288		19
Turquoise	1048576		20
Jade		2097152		21
Sapphire	4194304		22
Emerald		8388608		23
Diamond		16777216	24

The credits thresholds may seem quite high.

However, this is only my suggestion.

These applications will also have long support.

PS. At the moment I have small problems with storage, but the PERF application will also be normally available.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1312827807412744193
4 Oct 2020, 18:46:55 UTC · Discuss

Article in the magazine "Forum Akademickie" No. 5/2020: "Globalna sieć komputerowa przed i po pandemii" (only in Polish language)

In the magazine "Forum Akademickie" (https://forumakademickie.pl) No. 5/2020 an article "Globalna sieć komputerowa przed i po pandemii" (title translation: "Global computer network before and after the pandemic") was published.

The article content is available only in Polish.
The article is currently available online for free.

Link to the magazine website (No. 5/2020):
https://miesiecznik.forumakademickie.pl/czasopisma/fa-05-2020/

Official link:
https://miesiecznik.forumakademickie.pl/czasopisma/fa-05-2020/?download=pdf&mid=2514
PDF document clone:
http://doc.ithena.net/FA-05-2020.PDF

- pages: 59 - 61 in paper numeration.
- pages: 61 - 63 in PDF file numeration.

Link to the version with content on the webpage (official):
https://miesiecznik.forumakademickie.pl/czasopisma/fa-05-2020/globalna-%E2%80%A8siec-komputerowa-przed-i-po-pandemii%E2%80%A9/

The article belongs to the category of popular science materials.
The article also refers to the iThena project initiative.

We invite everyone to read it!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1309059387479257094
24 Sep 2020, 9:10:51 UTC · Discuss

17 September 2020 at 20:00 CET - planned maintenance in iThena platform.

Tomorrow (17 September 2020) at 20:00 CET - planned maintenance in iThena platform.

Tweet: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject/status/1306302156199391232/
16 Sep 2020, 19:10:54 UTC · Discuss

New Badges: iThena CNode and iThena PERF

Below I present new official badge for iThena CNode and iThena PERF applications.

The old "beta" badge will obviously not be removed.

The credit score requirements for the next badges will be determined in the next days.

Badges were developed by user: DoctorNow

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CNode Badges:

iThena CNode Bronze Badge:

iThena CNode Silver Badge:

iThena CNode Gold Badge:

iThena CNode Amethyst Badge:

iThena CNode Ruby Badge:

iThena CNode Turquoise Badge:

iThena CNode Jade Badge:

iThena CNode Sapphire Badge:

iThena CNode Emerald Badge:

iThena CNode Diamond Badge:

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PERF Badges:

iThena PERF Bronze Badge:

iThena PERF Silver Badge:

iThena PERF Gold Badge:

iThena PERF Amethyst Badge:

iThena PERF Ruby Badge:

iThena PERF Turquoise Badge:

iThena PERF Jade Badge:

iThena PERF Sapphire Badge:

iThena PERF Emerald Badge:

iThena PERF Diamond Badge:

ZIP Archive: https://img.ithena.net/badges/i_badges_cn_pe.zip
9 Sep 2020, 13:36:42 UTC · Discuss

August 29, 2020: 1 year of the iThena Project!

Approximately one year ago (August 29, 2019) we launched the iThena Project on the BOINC platform!

As a system administrator I would like to thank all users for their time and help in developing the platform.

In this message I should include more information about future plans, of which there are many.
However, I don't want to reveal all the plans - there are still many things in development.

There are many different technical problems in the project. Sometimes there are new problems. I try to fight the problems as much as possible. But sometimes such a fight takes a lot of time - we can't build everything very quickly (with limited daily time).

In the near future I plan to add new badges. Here was a thread about it on the forum:
https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=71

The iThena PERF application should also return to the platform permanently and the tasks for this application should be available all the time.

To improve the contact I decided to create a dedicated Twitter account: @iThenaProject.
URL: https://twitter.com/iThenaProject
The latest information will be posted on Twitter. Of course, it will also be on the official project website.

Use the "Following" option on Twitter!

Many thanks for all your help!

Additional links:
https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/ithena
https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/IThena
29 Aug 2020, 19:56:48 UTC · Discuss

August 28, 2020: iThena PERF application reactivation tests
On August 28, 2020 I am planning the first tests of reactivation of iThena PERF application tasks.

The tests will start in the afternoon (UTC Time).

The tests will also be connected with the necessity to perform several servers reboots (the system may be unavailable for a short time).
27 Aug 2020, 22:11:02 UTC · Discuss

The problem with the stability of the systems...
The last few days we've had problems with the stability of the iThena system.

The problems are related to storage.

Sorry about the problems!
19 Jul 2020, 19:00:18 UTC · Discuss

iThena CNode (non-beta) badge - badge graphics proposals
A few days ago, Thena CNode beta badges were frozen.

These badges were introduced in this message:
https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=24#212

The old iThena CNode badge (beta stage) will no longer be updated.

Maybe you have suggestions for the next generation of badges for iThena CNode?

You can submit your suggestions and/or ideas in this thread in the forum.
12 Jul 2020, 16:55:16 UTC · Discuss

iThena Cnode application - new credits settings
According to the forum post:
https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=39&postid=658#658

I'm going to introduce better credit for Thena CNode tasks.

I will initially set 2 credits per task.

New settings will only be visible after a certain period of time.

The current tasks still have the old configuration. However, the new tasks will already have higher credit values.

The update of the historical "cnode beta" series badges has been disabled.
These badges will no longer be changed.
5 Jul 2020, 14:32:23 UTC · Discuss

[June 28th, 2020] Maintenance interruption in access to the system
Today (June 28th, 2020) evening of the UTC time I plan a relatively short break in the availability of the iThena project.

This break will apply to all services of the iThena project in BOINC.

The break should last about 1-2 hours.

Sorry for the problems!
28 Jun 2020, 15:07:23 UTC · Discuss

[31 May 2020 UTC time] Maintenance interruption in access to the system
In the evening / night (31 May 2020 UTC time) I am planning a break in access to the system availability.

The break should last maximum 2 hours.
31 May 2020, 7:39:09 UTC · Discuss

New Form [Info Form] - hosts information
I implemented a new form.
This form is available after logging in at the host list address: https://root.ithena.net/usr/hosts_user.php.

Location of the link to the form ("Info Form"):

Template form:

All fields in this form are optional.
There is no requirement to complete these fields.
17 May 2020, 17:52:35 UTC · Discuss

iThena PERF version 1.03 - platforms windows_intelx86 and x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
I added iThena PERF application version 1.03 for platforms windows_intelx86 and x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.

The application for Windows requires Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019.

Theoretically, the problem with "freezing" should disappear in this version of the application.

Please inform me about possible problems ;)
16 May 2020, 6:42:14 UTC · Discuss

Maintenance interruption in access to the system
Tonight (May 9th, 2020) at night (UTC) I will be modifying the iThena database.

The project can be offline for 1-2 hours.
9 May 2020, 13:44:10 UTC · Discuss

iThena on BOINCStats

The iThena project is already available in the BOINCStats statistics:
https://www.boincstats.com/stats/186/project/detail/overview

Of course iThena is also available on Free-DC:
https://stats.free-dc.org/proj/ith
5 May 2020, 15:48:08 UTC · Discuss

3/4 May 2020 - Maitenance of the system at night (UTC time)
3/4 May 2020 I plan to do system maintenance (night in UTC time).
The BOINC platform will be unavailable in the network.
3 May 2020, 18:19:23 UTC · Discuss

Maintenance and new version of iThena PERF application - Linux platform - Continuation
Continuation of topic:
https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=43

Tomorrow (16 April 2020) from around ~21:00 UTC I plan to migrate the iThena system (BOINC platform modules).

For this reason the iThena project will be offline for several hours.

I am also planning to implement a new version of iThena PERF application on Windows and Linux platforms.
I will do this after the migration.
15 Apr 2020, 19:58:23 UTC · Discuss

Happy Easter 2020!
In these difficult times of crisis I would like to wish everyone the best!

Completely regardless of any problems and the current global situation, I wish you a lot of hope, faith, and the pursuit of all planned goals. Goals in private life, professional life, as well as excellent results and further satisfaction from using the BOINC platform.

In these days we should help each other at all levels. Let us fight the problems together!

Once again all the best!
11 Apr 2020, 13:18:46 UTC · Discuss

Maintenance and new version of iThena PERF application - Linux platform
Today (i.e. 5 April 2020) around 21:00 UTC I plan to shut down the BOINC server. The planned shutdown is due to the continuation of re-implementation works described in the thread: https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=42

The interruptions may take several hours. However, the server should be online in the morning of 6 April (or even earlier).

Additionally, it is planned to implement a new version of iThena PERF application. Also Linux versions (first of all: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu).

The first (test) version (v1.01) of iThena PERF is available at the address:
https://root.ithena.net/usr/ithena_perf_1.01_bins_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.zip

You can download it.
We start executing it by running ithena_perf_v1.01_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu files in the uncompressed directory:

./ithena_perf_v1.01_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Please help with the first tests.
The application generates a load on your computer network (standard load).
You can send questions and results (files result_*.dat and stderr.txt) to my e-mail address: lswierczewski [at] cybercomplex.net

This version for Linux should no longer be able to calculate in infinite time... New version of Windows (in progress) won't have this problem either.

Send me a message to tell me if everything is okay.
5 Apr 2020, 15:55:29 UTC · Discuss

Project availability interruption
I'm planning a break in project availability.
The break may last several hours.

The break will be caused by a change in virtualization technology on one of the servers - migration from VirtualBOX to VMware ESXi.

I will probably try to migrate tomorrow (29.03.2020).

I will inform about the changes.

PS. In case of other problems, maybe they concern the forum thread?
28 Mar 2020, 21:54:31 UTC · Discuss

Network situation related to the general state of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Today I introduced a new iThena PERF application for Windows platforms (the application works on both 32 and 64-bit systems).

Next tasks will be iThena PERF will generate real credits for users.

However, the iThena CNode application is also very important for this moment.

The iThena PERF application tests mainly the overall performance (bandwidth of client/server performance nodes) of the Internet network. The software base here is iperf3 open app.

iThena CNode is much more focused on mapping the Internet network including delays (hops). The software base here is traceroute solutions.

Due to the general situation related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, deviations in Internet network structures are very interesting. For this reason I strongly encourage you to participate in the project.

Measurements can also be interesting in the sense of crisis management of network infrastructure and increased use of network resources related to the situation.

In the coming days I also plan to better solve the "age-old problem of small loans".
20 Mar 2020, 20:36:13 UTC · Discuss

iThena PERF and Windows platform - first version
I added iThena PERF (ithena_iperf) application for testing.

This application uses BOINC wrapper and is based on iperf3.

iperf3:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iperf
https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php

iThena PERF uses the computer network (internet) quite intensively.
The application can use a lot of data transfer to the Internet.
An Internet connection is required.

The iThena PERF application is available for the Windows platform.

Please perform the tests and send me the information ;)
20 Mar 2020, 8:24:58 UTC · Discuss

Current situation in the world: Networks
Hi,

Due to the current situation in the world I have a request to BOINC users.

Due to the problem of network systems usage (currently occurring overload) I would like more people to run iThena CNode application.

I plan to add a new application for Windows (32 and 64-bit). However, it will be a bit different type of application.

However, the results from iThena CNode application are very interesting for me.

iThena CNode does not use the computer network very critically.

Many thanks for your help!
18 Mar 2020, 20:01:26 UTC · Discuss

New application, new possibilities, new problems ;)
I will soon be implementing a new application ;)
The application will be called iThena NRT.

The credit problem will be solved.

The tasks for iThena CNode will be phased out.

However, there are many problems.
Initially, iThena NRT will be available as a virtualised environment (VBox/Vmware). You will be able to start a virtual system.

Of course it will also be possible to run it locally.

In addition, the iThena NRT application will require a permanent connection to the Internet.
8 Feb 2020, 15:36:58 UTC · Discuss

Performance problems
There are performance problems in system operation.
Today / tomorrow I'll be reconfiguring the database.
Possible problems with system availability.
8 Feb 2020, 15:20:27 UTC · Discuss

Geolocation of network points data
One of the important information in network analysis is the geolocation of network points data.

There is no generally available, one coherent database covering very precise data.

The problem is well known by engineers and researchers.

http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~shavitt/pub/JSAC2011-Geolocation.pdf
https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/107073/1/p53-v41n2h2-uhligA.pdf

There are of course some (not perfect) solutions but often the error is big.

I will probably implement a mechanism enabling the platform user to provide location information for a given client.

This is a longer planning period.

Also remember that providing such information is only optional.
This will definitely not be a requirement.

If you have questions or concerns, I encourage everyone to discuss.
29 Dec 2019, 13:55:32 UTC · Discuss

Technical breaks in the operation of the BOINC server
I plan to introduce a lot of changes at the beginning of January.

These changes may initially cause system instability.

I need to transport the BOINC server to another location.
It will be associated with a minimum of two longer breaks.

Probable break dates:
1) Today (29/12/2019) in the evening CET [probably several hours];
2) Saturday (04/11/2020) in the afternoon CET [probably several hours];

There are no special long breaks planned between these breaks [there may be smaller, unplanned technical problems].

I will inform you about work and possible changes.
29 Dec 2019, 12:06:08 UTC · Discuss

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2020!

I wish you all the best for the upcoming Christmas and a happy New Year!

Many successes, many achievements, many credits and badges in 2020!
22 Dec 2019, 20:10:54 UTC · Discuss

Possible performance issues
I found problems with server performance / availability on the Internet. I will analyze the problem.

For interesting observations, please contact the forum or my email (lswierczewski at ithena.net).

Sorry for problems ;)
22 Dec 2019, 9:08:42 UTC · Discuss

Badges for beta stage - iThena CNode
Today I introduced first badges for users (for beta stage).

We have three degrees of beta stage badges:

- bronze:
- silver:
- gold:

We have the following thresholds for these badges:

Gold badge for beta stage >= 0.10 total credit
(average 30030 wu at 0.00000333 credit per wu)

Silver beta badge >= 0.025 total credit
(average of 7507 wu at 0.00000333 credit per wu)

Bronze badge for beta stage >= 0.010 total credit
(average of 3003 wu at 0.00000333 credit per wu)

Only the highest possible badge is awarded.

Deadline on January 1, 2020 is probably not bad ;)
We will pre-implement this date.

Badges designed by DoctorNow (forum: https://root.ithena.net/usr/forum_thread.php?id=23&postid=200#200).
16 Dec 2019, 19:22:36 UTC · Discuss

Statistics Export: GDPR Policy
Yesterday, the iThena project started exporting statistics to external systems.

Statistics are available at: https://root.ithena.net/usr/stats/
Statistics in standard mode are currently generated every 1 hour.

By default, user statistics are not exported.

To allow statistics (user) to be exported, select the option in the profile (after logging into the iThena web portal):

iThena preferences
->
Do you consent to exporting your data to BOINC statistics aggregation Web sites?

11 Nov 2019, 18:39:11 UTC · Discuss

November 1, 2019: Database replication and power sections
Tomorrow (November 1, 2019) I will configure database replication and modify power issues. I will have to shut down the BOINC server for a certain time that day. The website and all BOINC services will not be available.
31 Oct 2019, 18:31:11 UTC · Discuss

October 14, 2019: Backend / storage - planned tests / changes
Tomorrow (October 14, 2019) I plan to test the changes on the backend / storage side.

In the evening, from 18:00 UTC and later, serious accessibility problems are possible (the server may be offline).
13 Oct 2019, 20:22:55 UTC · Discuss

Small changes on the server
In recent days I have not introduced any major changes to the system.

Yesterday and today I spent more equipment issues (infrastructure etc.).

Today, I will probably make small changes on the server. The project may be unavailable for several hours (evening hours - 07.10.2019 UTC).
7 Oct 2019, 3:22:13 UTC · Discuss

ARM platforms
I added support for ARM platforms.

Platforms added:

arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu

All platforms require wget to be installed.
I noticed that sometimes problems may occur (I will make corrections to the implementation).
30 Sep 2019, 21:45:28 UTC · Discuss

September 26, 2019: Changes in the platform and adding version v1.17 of the iThena CNode application - completed
I implemented optimization changes in the platform. In addition, I added the v1.17 version of the iThena CNode application. This version of the application should work much better on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
26 Sep 2019, 20:26:54 UTC · Discuss

September 26, 2019: Planned changes in virtualization
First news ;) Tomorrow (September 26, 2019 - Thursday) I plan to turn off the server (maximum a few hours - probably much shorter) - I need to make some changes in virtualization. Problems with server availability will be possible.
25 Sep 2019, 21:28:07 UTC · Discuss

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