Good ${greeting_time}, Michiel!

29 Mar 2017 13:48:58, you wrote to me:

 AV>>>> INA:192.0.2.123,INA:[2001:db8:f1d0::1234],IBN is a legal
 AV>>>> set of flags.
 MvdV>>> Maybe, but it is not common practise...
 AV>> Hmmmm... Well, for now there are no literal IPv6 in the nodelist:
 AV>> % egrep 'INA:\[' ~/fido/etc/nodelist.ndl | wc -l
 AV>> 0
 MvdV> Indeed, no literal IPv6 address in the nodelist right now. But
 MvdV> there has been at least one in the past.

Good. So:
1. We have a number of nodes using both IPv4 and IPv6.
2. Literal IP addresses are permitted to use in the nodelist.

Conclusion: see top of quote.

 AV>> Although multiple INA flags may be used to list both IPv4 and IPv6
 AV>> literal addresses, this is not recommended; use domain name instead.
 MvdV> The problem with "recommendations" is that there is no global
 MvdV> consencus on the degree of compulsivity. In some cultures, such
 MvdV> as mine, "not recomended" is almost equivalent to "not allowed",
 MvdV> only to be used when there is absolutely no other way.

For me "not recomended" is not so strict: "you'd better don't, but if you do -
you're on your own".

 MvdV> In other cultures, apparently in parts of Northern America, a
 MvdV> "recommendation" means little or nothing and can be ignored
 MvdV> without consequences.

That's their own problem. Do you want to solve it for them? I don't.

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