Subj : FidoGazette Vol 11 no 33 Page: 3
To   : All
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Wed Aug 16 2017 18:46:50

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    Errors in INA: Statements in the ZONE 1 Segment
    Addendum
    By Janis Kracht, 1:1/0, janis@filegate.net

    Mark Lewis, 1:3634/12, sent additional information regarding
    INA: usage.  Please see below.

    Mark Lewis wrote:

     JK> All internet flags using the INA: flag should be located
     JK> within the INA: statement.

    these are correct forms...

      INA:some.site.example.tld
      INA:127.0.0.1
      INA:[::1/128]

    these are incorrect forms...

      INA
      INA:
      INA:1234
      INA:some.site.example.tld:1234

    INA must have a domain or IP number... the IP may be IPv4 or
    IPv6 format...  just put square brackets around the IPv6
    number...  see FRL-1036.001 for more information...  anything
    other than a domain or IP number is incorrect...

    ideally you would put your other Ixx flags _after_ the INA
    flag...

    INA:some.site.example.tld,ICM,IBN,ITN:2323

    INA:some.site.example.tld,ICM,IBN,ITN:2323,IVM:site.
    invalid:314141 [wraps]

    the second example shows a different domain and port for the IVM
    flag as well as just a different port for the ITN flag which
    takes its domain from the INA flag...

    [Editor's Note: the following is important and should have been
    mentioned in my earlier article.  Thank you Mark!]

     JK> Don't put internet flags like ITN BEFORE the INA: flag if
     JK> you are using INA:

    well, you /can/ but that means that the domain will be taken
    from _one_ of the following...

      1. the flag itself
    OR
      2. the system name field
    OR
      3. from an INA flag - NOTE-3
    OR
      4. the result of a f.n.z conversion and DNS lookup
         (FTS-5004.001) - NOTE-4

    NOTE-3: apparently currently used nodelist parsers don't care
    what order the flags are in...  while you can have multiple INA
    flags, they apply to all Ixx protocol flags...

    NOTE-4: the conversion of *fidonet* addresses has to be looked
    up on binkp.net instead of the original fidonet dns server...
    this because a squatter snarffed it up when it expired some
    years back and wants too much $$$ to give it back...  so
    binkp.net was started and runs the same software as the
    original...  in binkd, this is a specific setting in your config
    file...  other mailers may be able to be pointed properly unless
    they are hardcoded...  other FTNs should have their own DNS
    server for their othernet domain to perform this lookup
    response...  this keeps from hitting binkp.net with lookups for
    domains it has no clue about...

    )\/(ark



    FIDOGAZETTE  Vol 11 No 33    Page  3         August 16, 2017


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