Subj : IPv6 Nodes in Fidonet.
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sat Jan 26 2013 12:59:45

  Re: IPv6 Nodes in Fidonet.
  By: Kees van Eeten to Nicholas Boel on Sat Jan 26 2013 01:24 pm

 KV> Aapparently it works, Wilfred demonstrated a telnet to your binkp port.
 KV> I let Binkd make a connection at 12:02 UTC. Yust before that I
 KV> frightened Jim Kulwiki, as I made a mistake in what node to poll.
 KV> I won't show a section of my logfile, as the log is on a different
 KV> system.

I'm sure Jim won't be too bothered by it. :)

 KV> With the inside information that you have a IPv6 address, setting up
 KV> Binkd to call on IPv6 first and fall back on IPv4 is easy.
 KV> Just make a nodeline with the two hostnames separated by a ","

So something like:

node 1:154/10@fidonet -md
2001:470:1f11:1027:250:8dff:fec0:ca78,bbs.pharcyde.org <password>

would work (obviously I wouldn't connect to my own system, but just as an
example [smile])?

 KV> It would be nice if bbs.pharcyde.org retured both, the IPv6 and the IPv4
 KV> address.

I just payed dyndns.com a visit, and added my IPv6 address to pharcyde.ath.cx
(which bbs, www, binkd, and most other CNAMEs point to). Hopefully that does
the trick!

 KV> The service a dyndns allows for adding a IPv6 address to the same
 KV> domain name. Using this service I now have the correct DNS response of
 KV> IPv4 and IPv6 on one query.

That's great! I will keep tinkering here and see what I can come up with. It's
definitely a "learn as you go" process. :)

 KV>  Well apart from, that a nonlisted hostname has to be used, you are
 KV>  probably the first IPv6 Fidonet node in Z1.

The internet and technology is constantly evolving. You can either stick to
what you know from 20 years ago and be forced to figure it out later, or you
can try to stay informed with what's going on, and move on with the rest of the
world. :)

 KV>  But you are not being loyal to your Zone, you are using Z2 software. ;)

Loyalty has nothing to do with it. I'm not going to use junk that hasn't been
maintained in over 10 years.

Most of the software I chose to use here is still being maintained. That is a
great selling point for me. Where it originated means nothing to me as long as
I can read the documentation. :)

Regards,
Nick

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