Hi Mark,

 PK> IMHO, Fidonet should be developing a NEW data record format
 PK> that completely replaces the Nodelist, but still keeps Fidonet
 PK> nodes connected. It MUST be flexible (the current Nodelist
 PK> format is not at all very flexible in this case), and be able
 PK> to work in ways the Nodelist was never designed t work. I
 PK> think this new format already exists today, its called DNS.

 ml> unfortunately one can't go about modifying DNS for 
 ml> certain functions that fidonet would want/need...

I disagree. The "owner" of a domain can decide exactly how they
wish to use the various DNS record types available, however what I suspect
you are talking about refers to PSTN only nodes. To me, all PSTN Nodelist
entries remain exactly as they are, and only IP nodes need use the new
format. If a node has PSTN and IP, then they need an entry in both lists.

This way we do not saddle one list type with information for the
"other" type. 


 ml> and we don't even want to think what a POTS node 
 ml> would have to do to contact this dns and get the info 
 ml> it needs...

It talks IP & DNS, that's all it needs to do. The same for an IP node,
if it needs to talk to a PSTN node, it HAS to use the current Nodelist.
This is exactly what current IP nodes have to do...

Cheers...............pk.

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