Subj : Bill not answering on
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Wed Feb 17 2016 10:05:00

Good ${greeting_time}, Tony!

17 Feb 2016 11:51:00, you wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> create your own static IPv6 address for that specific system.
 NB>> Mine happens to end in :f1d0:1:154:10, thanks to the other
 NB>> guys that came up with that idea. :)

That idea was first published in FSP-1035, now FTS-5004 (http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-5004.001). Nowever, "hexspeak" is much older.

And yes, I've used it well before that publication :-)

 TL> Now that's cute, I like it! :)  I've traditionally been using
 TL> the same last digit for my IPv4 (private LAN) and IPv6 (public)
 TL> addresses. If I had read this message a few hours ago, I might
 TL> have made my BBS IPv6 end in :f1d0:3:633:410. :)

Why not to set up additional address just for a Fidonet node?


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