Subj : the IPv6 x IPv4 fidonet matrix
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Jan 02 2020 07:16 pm

On 02/01/2020 2:55 a.m., Tommi Koivula : August Abolins wrote:

 AA>> The rollout of IPv6 may affect legacy fidonet systems sooner
 AA>> than expected.

 TK> This system runs on a legacy os: OS/2. It doesn't know anything
 TK> about IPv6.

I'm impressed with the OS/2 part.

I have a perfectly fine boxed copy of Warp Connect V3.  If you ever feel you 
need to "upgrade", give me a shout.  I still have an unopened box of Lotus 
Smartsuite for OS/2 (orig Retail $30).  As you can tell, I had plans from long 
ago that never came to fruition.


 TK> However, it runs behind a linux router and is connectable via
 TK> IPv6. In and out.

 TK> So don't worry. Be happy.

I suppose original warning/concern is for sysops with legacy software *and* 
IPv4 routers/service only, for they would not be able to reach IPv6-only 
systems in the nodelist directly.  But appropriate routing, tunneling, 
shimming, gating ..etc, will surely connects us all in the IPv6 x IPv4 fidonet 
matrix.

--- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1
 * Origin: nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)

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