Subj : Re: DNS Nodelist available for fsxnet
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Shurato
Date : Sat Nov 11 2023 08:12 pm


 NR> On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:03:44 -0800
 NR> "Digital Man" (21:1/183) <Digital.Man@f183.n1.z21.fidonet> wrote:

 NR>> Re: DNS Nodelist available for fsxnet By: deon to All on Thu Oct 05
 NR>> 2023 03:43 pm

 NR>>  > Hey folks,

 NR>>  > Just thought I'd let you know that fsxnet is now supporting DNS
 NR>>  > nodelist queries. (FTS-5004)

 NR>>  > Paul delegated z21.fsxnet.nz to clrghouz, which means your node and
 NR>>  > BBS name, including operating ports are available in the DNS.

 NR>>  > The syntax is [pP.]fX.nY.z21.fsxnet.nz, where P is the point address
 NR>>  > (this is optional, and clrghouz doesnt have any point definitions
 NR>>  > in it). X is your node number and Y is your net number.

 NR>>  > So for my BBS, its f116.n2.z21.fsxnet.nz. Querying a TXT record you
 NR>>  > should get back the BBS name (Alterant):

 NR>>  > For clrghouz: host -t TXT f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz
 NR>>  > descriptive text "Clearing Houz"

 NR>>  > Querying for a SRV record, you prefix that with _binkp._tcp..., so
 NR>>  > for clrghouz: host -t SRV _binkp._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz
 NR>>  > _binkp._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz has SRV record 0 0 24554
 NR>>  > clrghouz.bbs.dege.au.

 NR>> $ host -t SRV _binkp._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz Host
 NR>> _binkp._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

 NR>> :-(
 NR> Seems to be working ok here


 NR> bbs@bbs:~$ host -t TXT f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz
 NR> descriptive text "Clearing Houz" bbs@bbs:~$ host -t SRV
 NR> _binkp._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz _binkp._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz
 NR> has SRV record 0 1 24554 clrghouz.bbs.dege.au. bbs@bbs:~$ host -t
 NR> SRV _ifcico._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz
 NR> _ifcico._tcp.f100.n3.z21.fsxnet.nz has SRV record 0 1 60179
 NR> clrghouz.bbs.dege.au. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet
 NR> endofthelinebbs.com 23
 NR> --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
 NR> * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (21:2/101)

How would I do this in windows?  I tried nslookup, but it failed on the
domain.

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