G'day Joe

08 Oct 04 19:53, Joe Delahaye wrote to David Drummond:

 >> I was referring exactly to Robert's suggestion that my feelings for US 
 >> Forei Policy might induce me to firewall out certain subnets from my DNS
 >>  (obviousl impossible when I don't have admin access to all of the 
 >> secondaries).

 JD> Then how did it get on those secondairies?

They "suck" it from my primary. Are you not familiar with the
workings of DNS servers?

 >> I was referring exactly to Robert's jumping on the bandwagon that my 
 >> DNS zone file somehow might violate some copyright, or breach the terms 
 >> of use of the nodelist.

 JD> Actually that is not what he said.  He was truning your own words
 JD> against you regards that.

Whatever, it was all bunk. There is no copyright infringement, or violation
of terms of use.

 >> I was referring exactly to Robert's suggestion that because my DNS 
 >> server co be used by Fidonet nodes it is somehow part of Fidonet.

 JD> As that was the stated reason for it, then yest it follows that it
 JD> might be somehow part of Fidonet

If it were, then a *C could shut it down. That just ain't so.

 >> What exactly does Robert have against a DNS service for use by IBN 
 >> nodes tha includes as many IBN nodes as possible?

 JD> I dont think he has anything against it, he has stated that.  What 
 JD> he, and I, are against, is the forceable entry of nodes into that list,
 JD> against their wishes

They chose to enter IP data in the nodelist - this is just another
compilation there-of.

 >>  JD> He seems to have inserted a few himself 

 >> Such as?

 JD> Your constant harping on anything US, 

Only the things I see as bad - There are some things about USA that I think
are great.

 JD> and insinuating that everything is the fault of Z1, and specifically the 
 JD> US, even (apparently) knowing it is not so.  

Everything?????? How many nodes from other than zone 1 have been shitbagging my DNS?

 JD> Those you so hate are not the only ones bending the truth, and inserting 
 JD> false leads.

Can you name anyone that I "hate"?

Regards,
David

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