Subj : Re: IP only nodes with ICM flag
To   : All
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Aug 20 2025 12:53:51

Hi All,

On 2025-08-20 12:00:01, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to you:

 MvdV> The ICM flag was meant as a transition mechanism for accomodating
 MvdV> nodes that
 MvdV> were running CM for the IP part and non CM for the POTS/ISDN part.

 MvdV> See also: fts-5001.006 paragraph 5.11. Flag Redundancies.

 MvdV> The CM flag implies ICM: ICM should not be used unless CM is impossible.

 MvdV> So IP only nodes should carry the CM flag, not the ICM flag.

 MvdV> This is a list of nodes with a misplaced ICM flag:


 MvdV> ,110,Seans_Elist_Maintainer,Johnson_City_TN_USA,Sean_Dennis,-Unpublished-,300,
 MvdV> ICM,XX,INA:bbs.outpostbbs.net,IBN,IFC,IFT,ITN:60177,PING,TRACE ,666,PlanStatio
 MvdV> n,Khmelnitsky,Vova_Dmitrishin,-Unpublished-,300,ICM,IBN,INA:46.63.89.115

 MvdV> 2 lines match

All nodes in R50 were fixed in this regard. So we went from 29 to 2 in this report!


Bye, Wilfred.

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