Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (160)
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Jun 10 2023 11:02:49

Hi Carlos,

On 2023-06-10 09:22:39, you wrote to me:

 CN>>> 480/66 and /78 now have the (deprecated?) AFS user flag.

 WvV>> They already had that from september 2017 to june 2018, so likely a
 WvV>> segment from that period was used.

 WvV>> But what does it mean? It wasn't documented in .363 from 2017...?

 CN> It was for nodes using AfterShock. See ERRFLAGS.ZC2.

I see...

It's usage was short lived:

; *** 08 SEP 17 : Introduction of AFS user-flag to indicate a     ***
: ***             mobile node using an Aftershock implementation  ***
; *** 08 SEP 17 : Introduction of HDG user-flag to indicate a     ***
: ***             mobile node using an HotdogEd implementation    ***
; *** 11 SEP 17 : Introduction of MOB user-flag to indicate a     ***
: ***             mobile node using an unidentified platform or   ***
; ***             implementation                                  ***
; *** 23 SEP 17 : Discontinuation of the AFS- and HDG-user-flags  ***
: ***             due to redundancy with MOB.                     ***
; ***             The MOB user-flag is kept.                      ***


Bye, Wilfred.

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