Nick Andre : August Abolins wrote:

> AA> But it is safe.  It is easy to put in another DNS at any time..
> I also suggest looking at a recent nodelist, scroll down to Region 50.


I have looked, what should I particularly be noticing?


> ..The name server system that runs fidonet.org is a BSD
> deployment with BIND and Perl generating the DNS records
> from entries in the Nodelist. This is done to satisfy a
> segment of Fidonet that is often ignored in most
> discussions... Russia.

Noted.

Why can't anyone reach the persons who rely on those entries and confirm
things?  If they are active, there would be someone to contact.


> ..The last time I checked, I saw
> at least a hundred or so A, CNAME and MX entries just for Region 50. There
> are subdomain entries for Region 50 to essentially clone the operation

Hmmm.. Subdomain entries at this point could certainly be an issue. But then,
maybe it could not - based on the lack of knowledge/confidence anyone has to do
anything about it.  :/


> ..The fidonet.org system just became overtly complex.
> Since nobody has yet established a concise dialog with the
> Russians about their use of the DNS system in this way,
> I would not suggest breaking things for them... they take
> Fidonet a bit more seriously.

Apparently not serious enough to "establish a concise dialog".  :(

How have the previous attempts of almost-concise dialog been done sofar?   How
has the fidonet family been kept up to date about this issue?
Has it been recorded in the newsletter over the years?  Can I read up on the
matter somewhere?

No criticism, *just* asking questions.


Would this be good to move to FIDONET.ORG echo. (?)


Cheers!
...A

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