Subj : Re: Join DiscipleNet
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Dan Clough
Date : Thu Oct 08 2026 01:11 pm

-=> Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Gary McCulloch <=-

 GM> I think there is a misunderstanding regarding how you are scanning the
 GM> network. Your report states you processed 13 IP nodes, but DiscipleNet
 GM> only has 9 active nodes.

 WvV> Well there are 10 nodes + 3 administrative entries in the most current
 WvV> nodelist. That makes a total of 13.

 GM> The "No such AKA," connection refused, and timeout errors you are
 GM> seeing are happening because your script is scanning stale,
 GM> unassigned, or completely unrelated test entries that do not belong to
 GM> our active routing table.

 WvV> I don't have access to your routing table. I used the most recently
 WvV> published nodelist.

 GM> For example, the BinkP "Unsecured session not allowed" errors just
 GM> mean a system is correctly enforcing security policies.

 WvV> No that is never correct. How else could one deliver crash mail to a
 WvV> node?

 WvV> A node that isn't accepting crashmails from "unsecure" systems, should
 WvV> be marked Private in the nodelist (without any connection flags). Or
 WvV> even better: be removed from the nodelist and use a point number.

 GM> Before judging the implementation as "sloppy," it helps to ensure your
 GM> own testing parameters match the actual network topology.

 WvV> The test used the most recent published nodelist. What other public
 WvV> "parameters" are there, that could be used?

 GM> The 9 active nodes are perfectly stable and working together fine.

 WvV> The test proves otherwise, or the current nodelist needs a big
 WvV> update...

Wow.  Can you believe this guy is the "ZC" of *FIVE* networks?  All of 
them just as misconfigured as the one in this discussion.  Hard to 
understand how somebody has such little ... understanding.



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