Subj : New Format  vs  DNS
To   : Johannes Lundberg
From : Frank Vest
Date : Sun Jul 21 2002 08:35 pm

On (21 Jul 02) Johannes Lundberg wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello Johannes,


 fv> On a political format, I agree. My "fear" for Fidonet is that as we
 fv> move further into the Internet world, we become more "the Internet"
 fv> and less "Fidonet". Using the Internet DNS as a "Nodelist" for Fidonet
 fv> is another step in this direction.
 JL> Locking FidoNet to a certain "physical" network is in my opinion a bad
 JL> thing. That's why a new nodelist format would be to prefer. To make
 JL> FidoNet compatible with the future.a

This is true. I just don't think that moving to the Internet is so
good either. IMHO, Fidonet should remain a separate network, but use
the Internet, or whatever is available, to provide Fidonet services.

As a thought: A new format could keep us as a separate network, but
still allow us to use whatever means needed to provide Fidonet mail.
The Internet itself is a bunch of different networks that use a
"common" medium to transfer files, mail and such. Fidonet is no
different. In fact, we use the DNS now. When an IP mailer makes use of
the Internet to connect to another IP mailer, does it not use a DNS to
look up the address.

We can use the DNS or whatever is available to provide Fidonet
services, but let's stay Fidonet.


Regards,

 Frank

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