Hello mark,

On Wednesday March 21 2012 13:18, you wrote to me:

 RW>>> Not sure what binkp.net is...but:

 MvdV>> Shifting to binkp.net is no good for those with legacy software
 MvdV>> that is not configurable. Plus that the basic problem -
 MvdV>> dependency on one person - remains.

 ml> existing legacy software can be patched... we know this from makenl
 ml> and bluewave ;)

Unpractical and messy.

 MvdV>> To my surprise I find that f5555.n280.z2.binkp.net exists. I
 MvdV>> never asked for that, I can only assume someone scanned the
 MvdV>> nodelist and derived a zone file for binkp.net from it. Makes
 MvdV>> me wonder why.

 ml> why? to be able to continue providing the service...

What service? Who does it serve?

 MvdV>> The added value is zero as all the information is already in
 MvdV>> the nodelist.

 ml> really?

Yes of course. f5555.n280.z2.binkp.net is a CNAME entry for fido.vlist.eu.
The only source that information could have come from is the nodelist.
Because I never had any contact with the keeper of binkp.net or his
delegates and i am 100% sure that my NC and RC didn't either.

 ml>  the whole idea was to not have to list domains in the nodelist

Is that so?

 ml> with all the problems that might have come with them... and the
 ml> problem did come and still remain but that's another story... in any
 ml> case, once you know the zone, net, node and point numbers, then
 ml> looking up that system's ip information is a simple domain lookup
 ml> away...

Again: what is the added value of extracting the host name fido.vlist.eu
from the nodelist - the primary source of information - and use that for
the DNS lookup instead of composing the f.n.z.binkp.net hostname from the
fidonet address, getting the CNAME record that points to the same hostname
as the one in the nodelist and do a DNS lookup for that?

What is the added value of the extra step?

 ml> there is a "manager" for each zone's dns zone and NCs are or can be
 ml> the managers for their nets...

There is no such "manager" for R28.

 ml>  this way each section is easily maintained and kept up to date like
 ml> the nodelist...

But what is the added value of the information is already in the nodelist?

 ml> one can even make use of the dns SRV (or SVR?) records and denote
 ml> certain ports for contact...

The nodelist provides for providing port info as well.


Cheers, Michiel

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