Subj : Connection Tests
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Wed Apr 05 2023 01:38 pm
Re: Connection Tests
By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Wed Apr 05 2023 07:42 pm
> Hello Rob,
>
> On Wednesday April 05 2023 10:08, you wrote to me:
>
> >> So all you have to do to earn your 'f' in the list is update the
> >> DNS for the mew IPv6 address.
>
> RS> It probably makes more sense to just create a new hostname for fido
> RS> traffic and have that point to that IPv6 address.
>
> Yes. Always a good idea to have different host names for different services.
> Then you have the option to split the services over different machines
> without having to change host names if the need arises. Most DNS providers
> have no limit on the number of subdomains.
I'm my own DNS provider, so yeah, no limit. :-) I added binkp.synchro.net for the f1d0 address and updated my _binkp._src SRV record as well. Next up, the Fidonet nodelist.
> RS> Is this just a vanity address or does it have some functional puporse?
>
> It is just vanity, it serves no technical purpose. But it is quit popular
> among the Fidonet IPv6 sysops. Over a third of them have such a vanity
> address.
It's showing off a "feature" of IPv6. :-)
> >> Binkd has the possibility to specify the address to use for
> >> outgoing calls. It overrides the OS preference.
> >>
> >> bindaddr 2600:6c88:8c40:5b:f1do:1:103:705
> >>
> >> I don't know about BinkIT.
>
> RS> Maybe. Outbound IPv6 interface control isn't very strong in Synchronet
> RS> right now.
>
> You can always discuss it with the author. ;-)
I didn't write most of the IPv6 support in Synchronet, that was Stephen Hurd, but I can certainly look into it.
> >> I am still a bit puzzled about your setup. Do you have /any/
> >> barrier between the big bad InterNet and your Fido Machine?
>
> RS> Just the Windows firewall.
>
> So you can configure it to pass ICMP6 Ping so that your binkp server address
> becomes pingable...
True that.
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