Subj : WinPoint Version 404 IPV5
To   : Tim Schattkowsky
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Mar 16 2022 22:43:57

Hello Tim,

On Tuesday March 15 2022 19:14, you wrote to me:

 TS> All true, but currently unimplemented in WP and from an implementation
 TS> perspective all the same. I agree, it would be nice to have that in,
 TS> but currently I see little practical benefit for the user and thus
 TS> focus on other stuff. It will rest on the list until the more urgent
 TS> stuff is done.

OK.

In the meantime Rinaldo and I finally managed to complete a fully functional IPv6 session:  :-)

+ 16 Mar 18:10:28 [1852] incoming session with 2a02:a210:3040:55a1:b598:bb45:6bd6:17e6
- 16 Mar 18:10:28 [1852] SYS Rinaldo's Point
- 16 Mar 18:10:28 [1852] ZYZ Rinaldo Visscher
- 16 Mar 18:10:28 [1852] LOC Amsterdam
- 16 Mar 18:10:28 [1852] VER TCMBinkP/0.71 binkp/1.1
+ 16 Mar 18:10:28 [1852] addr: 2:280/5555.10@fidonet
+ 16 Mar 18:10:28 [1852] pwd protected session (plain text)
- 16 Mar 18:10:29 [1852] receiving 05C9D5E4.pkt (1194 byte(s), off 0)
+ 16 Mar 18:10:29 [1852] 05C9D5E4.pkt -> d:\fido\secure\05C9D5E4.pkt
  16 Mar 18:10:29 [1852] got *, creating d:\fido\sema\binkdgot.now
  16 Mar 18:10:29 [1852] got *.PKT, creating d:\fido\sema\toss.now
  16 Mar 18:10:29 [1852] got *, delayed starting d:\fido\batch\mailrcvd.bat
+ 16 Mar 18:10:29 [1852] rcvd: 05C9D5E4.pkt (1194, 1194.00 CPS, 2:280/5555.10@fidonet)
+ 16 Mar 18:10:29 [1852] done (from 2:280/5555.10@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/1 (0/1194 bytes))

There was a delay because Rinaldo's ISP decided in their wisdom to switch him from DS-Lite to IPv4 only. Fortunately we managed to undo that, but it took almost a week.

To make an IPv6 connect to my Dual Stack system we deployed a work-around. Fidonet sysops are good at work-arounds. Instead of the nodelisted hostname fido.vlist.eu, I have the alternative of fido6.vlist.eu. That host name only resolves to an IPv6 address. That is the one that is now in Rinaldo's WinPoint config. And so he now makes IPv6 connections with me.


Cheers, Michiel

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