Subj : '-Unpublished-' with speed > 300
To   : Dan Clough
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Nov 07 2025 15:44:27

Hello Dan,

On Thursday November 06 2025 22:07, you wrote to me:

 DC>> Are you offering to spot-promote me to Corporal, at least?

 MvV>> Apart from the fact that there is no such thing as "corporal" in
 MvV>> the NP, I am not qualified to promote anyone.

 DC> Fair enough.  Could you list/define the "ranks" that *are* in the NPD,
 DC>  just so I can help judge how fast I might be able to climb the ladder
 DC>  one day?

Presently there are just two ranks: Comissioner and Deputy Comissioner. But anyone can participate and submit input as a sysop of good standing. No test or any other formal requireemts.

 MvV>> Also it seems that IPv6 support is a requirement for joining the
 MvV>> Nodelist Police. So nocando...

 DC> Well, who knows.  I'd like the info requested above to help me make a
 DC> decision on whether I should join or not.

 DC> I would like to throw this out there, though - what sense does it make
 DC>  to use a 6-to-4 tunnel for this?  If v4 goes under, doesn't the
 DC> tunnel also no longer work?  What's the point of that?  When v4 dies,
 DC> my ISP would (hopefully!) offer v6 and I'd be in the club.  My
 DC> thoughts are that if it isn't available to me natively, what *actual*
 DC> use would a tunnel kludge provide to me?

Going into this would be a bit off-topic. So I have prepaired a response in the IPv6 echo. See you there.


Cheers, Michiel

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