Subj : 466/0
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Stas Mishchenkov
Date : Thu May 29 2025 13:15:46

Hi Michiel!

Thursday May 29 2025 10:15, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>>> You yourself adverise a telephone number with a country code of
 MvdV>>> 7. Which is not the country code (380) for Ukraine. The
 MvdV>>> advertised host name for your system uses the ru TLD. Not the
 MvdV>>> TLD for Ukraine. (ua). For some in R46 that may be perceived as
 MvdV>>> "being on the other side of the trench".

 SM>> Unfortunately, this is exactly the case.

 MvdV> But it is not entirely out of your control. To use the .ru TLD for your
 MvdV> host name is a choice.

This is a strictly technically reasonable decision.

 MvdV> You could use a neutral TLD like .org, .net or .com instead of a
 MvdV> country related TLD.

Konstantin Kuzov 2:5019/40 is the host master of g0x.ru. I use the domain name for free. This is dynamic DNS. It is very well automated and updates take effect on other DNSes within a minute. Why should I refuse it?

 MvdV>  I don't think there is much you can do about the country code in
 MvdV> the telephone number other than just drop it. Which may be an
 MvdV> option.

It can't be an option for me. We have a PSTN out only node in our network to which I must to deliver mail.

 MvdV> The majority of Fidonet nodes is IP only.

Ok. But it is not my case.

 MvdV> Do you really still need POTS?

Yes.

 MvdV> Or at least do you need to advertise it in the nodelist?

Yes. I must. In other side it is a good case to bring into accordance the nodelist with FPD. And now there are agreements on the time frame for this.

 SM>>>> There is no one there who could do this job better.

 MvdV>>> How hard can it be to remove e dead net?

 SM>> It need to be sure that it is indeed a dead network, and not just that
 SM>> you have no connection to it.

 MvdV> Even in a county at war it should not have to take so long to make
 MvdV> reasonably sure a net is dead.

Did you know how to be be sure under conditions of partial IP address blocking?

 MvdV> If a net is still alive there must be some remaining connection. If
 MvdV> no one can connect to it, then it is dead.

No one of whom?

 MvdV> You will never have 100.00% certainty but that is not needed.

It strongly needed. Any node is essential.

 MvdV>>>>> I supspect there is a lot of dead wood in R46 and it isn't
 MvdV>>>>> just the war. R46 was already suspiciously fractured before
 MvdV>>>>> the war started.

 SM>>>> Yes.

 MvdV>>> So?

 SM>> So what? ;) We have that we have.

 MvdV> Time to clean up. One way or another.

Propose the safe way.

Have a nice night.
          Stas Mishchenkov.

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