Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (203)
To   : Torsten Bamberg
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat Jul 23 2022 10:33:07

Hello Torsten,

On Saturday July 23 2022 09:31, you wrote to me:

 MV>> The ZCs have allowed "-Unpublished-" wthout "Pvt" in 2014.

 MV>> There is really no justification for still using this kludgy and
 MV>> outdated method of listing IP only nodes.

 TB> Ahm, I haven't seen any FSP neither than FTS not using pvt with
 TB> unpublished.

FTS-5000.005 par 5.3

   Pvt
        This keyword defines a Private node (see Policy v4.07,
        Section 2.1.9) - i.e. a node that is operational, but
        not publicly available for direct contact. When this keyword
        is used, field six should contain the string "-Unpublished-".

        In case the coordinator's nodelist processing software does
        not allow the use of "-Unpublished-" without the Pvt keyword,
        this keyword may also be used to list an internet only node.


The exception mentioned above obviously does not apply for NC240 and NC 2432, because if it did than ALL IP only nodes in those nets would have be listed as "Pvt". That is not the case, some IP only nodes are listed without "Pvt" so the NCs concerned use up to date nodelist processing software that supports "AllowUnpub".

So what is the justification for not following the first part of FTS-5000.005 par 5.3?


Cheers, Michiel

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