Subj : 2025 FTSC election
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Jason Bock
Date : Mon Feb 24 2025 06:00 pm
MvdV> Hello Jason,
MvdV>
MvdV> On Monday February 24 2025 05:35, you wrote to me:
MvdV>
MvdV> JB> I really do not use IPV6 personally, except maybe a couple
MvdV> machines in
MvdV> JB> my lab. I have a couple clients that use it internally, usually in
MvdV> JB> some manufacturing environments.
MvdV>
MvdV> So you are an ICT professional?
MvdV>
MvdV> JB> I thought it would take off much more than it has in the US.
MvdV>
MvdV> It does indeed go a lot slower than I hoped and expected. Not just in
MvdV> he US. The US is actually doing pretty well on the global list.
MvdV>
MvdV> JB> It would be good for me to start utilizing it more as it is
MvdV> something
MvdV> JB> that I may be forced to use at some point in my profession.
MvdV>
MvdV> What has stopped you from making your FidoNet node IPv6 capable?
MvdV>
MvdV> JB> Do you use IPV6 regularly?
MvdV>
MvdV> Yes. Almost all of my IP traffic goes via IPv6. Personal use only I
MvdV> should add. I have been a pensionado for many years now.
MvdV>
MvdV> I have been advocating the use of IPv6 in Fidonet for more than 15
MvdV> years. The list of IPv6 capable Fidonet nodes that is published weekly
MvdV> in Fidonews now counts 109 nodes.
MvdV>
MvdV> I would have expected more. It seems that pioneer spirit that once made
MvdV> Fidonet booming is mostly gone. But maybe 109 out of an estimated 300
MvdV> active nodes is not all that bad...
MvdV>
MvdV> Oh wait. I see why your node does not supprt IPv6...
MvdV>
MvdV> + 12:02 [5180] call to 1:267/310@fidonet
MvdV> 12:02 [5180] trying f310.n267.z1.binkp.net [24.30.241.107]...
MvdV> 12:02 [5180] connected
MvdV> + 12:02 [5180] outgoing session with f310.n267.z1.binkp.net:24554
MvdV> [24.30.241.107]
MvdV> - 12:02 [5180] OPT MB CRC MD5 CRAM-MD5-16e1ccb99840be034f6da10c1fc5d10e
MvdV> + 12:02 [5180] Remote requests MD mode
MvdV> - 12:02 [5180] SYS SiliconUnderground - ProBoard / FuNet WHQ
MvdV> - 12:02 [5180] ZYZ Jason Bock
MvdV> - 12:02 [5180] LOC Rochester, NY
MvdV> - 12:02 [5180] NDL CM,IBN
MvdV> - 12:02 [5180] TIME 2025/02/24 06:00:57 -5:00
MvdV> - 12:02 [5180] VER Internet Rex 2.31 Win32 (binkp/1.1)
MvdV> + 12:02 [5180] addr: 1:267/310@fidonet
MvdV>
MvdV> You are using Irex. One of the reasons, maybe the main reason, I
MvdV> dropped Irex well over 15 years ago is that it does not support IPv6
MvdV> and as abandonware it never will. I never regretted switching from Irex
MvdV> to Binkd, changing from AMA to BSO and dropping POTS support with
MvdV> InterMail as collateral damage.
MvdV>
MvdV>
MvdV> Cheers, Michiel
MvdV>
MvdV> --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303
MvdV> * Origin: Nieuw Schnøørd (2:280/5555)
I have been doing IT for about 30 years. Networking, Virtualization, etc.
Keeping busy. Thank you to BBSing (since 5th grade) and Fidonet, I became passionate and knew I would love to work with computers. I had my first computer at 3 or 4 (1979/1980). I started with a Texas Instruments TI-99/4 then moved to a TI-994A with an expansion unit. I hada blast!
I should look into doing more with IPv6 as it has been in the back of my mind for a while.
