Subj : Iand alternaernative transports
To   : Al
From : Oli
Date : Wed Nov 20 2019 01:30 pm

Hi Al,

 Ol>>> - 12:08 [27343] VER binkd/1.0.5-pre5/Linux binkp/1.1

 Al> I suppose that version is what is going to be the next release, but
 Al> I'm not sure.

I see many nodes that use binkd 1.1a-9x. I doubt that there will ever release
version of 1.0.5, the last commit in the 1.0.x branch is from 2016.

 Ol>> Is your binkd build with perl support?

 Al> No, would perl support be useful? I could look into it.

I uses a small perl script that automatically sets the Tor proxy if the
hostname of the node is a .onion address, but you could also use the -pipe
parameter with ncat:

node 21:1/151 -pipe "ncat --proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 --proxy-type=socks5 *H *I"
boqbccnwyumttwvh.onion

 Ol>> $ binkd -vv
 Ol>> Binkd 1.1a-99 (Oct  3 2019 15:18:24/Linux)
 Ol>> Compilation flags: gcc, zlib, bzlib2, perl, https,
 Ol>> amiga_4d_outbound.
 Ol>> Facilities: fts5004 ipv6

 Al> $ binkd -vv
 Al> Binkd 1.0.5-pre5 (Oct 27 2019 20:21:52/Linux)
 Al> Compilation flags: gcc, zlib, bzlib2.
 Al> Facilities: fsp1035 ipv6

 Al> I don't think I need amiga outbound support.

Most likely not. I use it with a modified crashmail, because I don't like the
hex numbers in the flo files.

 Al> What is https and fts5004 support about?

I think https is used for the http proxy, not sure.
fts5004 enables fidonet address DNS lookups (binkp.net)


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