Subj : Re: Blam BBS List question
To   : All
From : Avon
Date : Wed May 27 2020 14:38:50

On 27 May 2020 at 02:32p, Avon pondered and said...
 
 Av> For my part just reading the exchange between yourself and Deon I agree
 Av> with Deon that the INA may be the best place to put the telnet port
 Av> info. I'm not honestly sure and will need to try and read up on this. I
 Av> have been (and I think incorrectly) been using the ITN flag to note this
 Av> but I think that flag is really only for use to signal a Telnet based
 Av> mailer on the port stated.

Did some reading on ftsc.org and looked at FTSC 5001.006

[snip]

      Default
   Flag     port Description
   --------------------------


   IBN    24554  Binkp (FTS-1026 - FTS-1030)
   IFC    60179  RAW ifcico (FTS-1024)
   IFT       21  FTP (RFC-0959); Note there is currently no widely
                 accepted authentication scheme for FTP transfers by
                 Fidonet mailers.
   ITN       23  Telnet connection using FTS-1 or any other protocol
                 designed for classic POTS and modem. 
   IVM     3141  Vmodem connection using FTS-1 or any other protocol
                 designed for classic POTS and modem. 
   IP      none  Mostly used during the introduction of IP capable
                 systems to the nodelist. Denotes an unspecified
                 protocol. (Deprecated)


   .2 Server Address Flags
   -------------------------

   Server address flags use the syntax:

   <flag>:<server address>

   Where <server address> is the same as for protocol flags.
   These flags are used to specify a server address for Internet
   Protocol Flags that do not specify an address themselves.

   Flag          Description
   -------------------------

   INA           This flag sets a default server address used
                 for any Internet Protocol Flag that does not
                 specify its own.

[snip]

So on the face of the above my take is the INA is just used to point to the
desired domain name for a mailer to use and the ITN flag could be used to
spotlight the Telnet port to connect to the system on. It's not that clear
that ITN is there for just talking about mailer telnet connections but rather
just to show the port the system accepts Telnet connections on. Deon/Doug
would you agree?

If yes, I'll certainly add the ITN flag of 10023 to Doug's entry so the
nodelist is correct. Weather that does anything to fix the issue Doug is
having with the BBS listing mod is another story :)

Let me know your thoughts guys.

Best, Paul

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