Subj : Nodes location. Funny statistics.
To   : Dmitry Protasoff
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat Aug 02 2025 12:36 pm

Hello Dmitry,

On Friday August 01 2025 22:44, you wrote to me:

DP>>>   *Germany is on the list because 1 node has 2 hostnames and one
DP>>> of them is in Germany.

MV>> That wouldn't be me would it?

DP> It depends on who's running the investigation and doing the
DP> questioning.

You run the application, I ask the question.

DP>>> Node 2:280/5555 - Nieuw_Schnoord
DP>>>   Sysop: Michiel_van_der_Vlist
DP>>>   Location: Driebergen
DP>>>   Hostname: fido.vlist.eu -> 83.80.243.26
DP>>>     Country: The Netherlands (NL)
DP>>>     Region: Utrecht, City: Driebergen-Rijsenburg
DP>>>     ISP: Vodafone Ziggo

MV>> You missed the second part. fido.vlist.eu has two A and two AAAA
MV>> records. I am multi homed, one connection with Ziggo via coax and
MV>> one connection to Delta via ftth.

DP> Those details are not important for this report.

I say it exposes a significant shortcoming. Your application notices the case of more than one listed hostname but it misses the case of a hostname resolving to more than one IP.

DP> But very important for my other projects. Please keep your multi homed
DP> setup running for several months. Thank you.

I'll try. No guarantee...

MV>> That must be confusing for those not not having read my Fidonews
MV>> articles about my DS-Lite emulation experiments. My binkp server
MV>> is located at my home in Driebergen NL. The German IPv4 adres
MV>> points to the V4 to V6 port mapper of feste-ip.net. It is a relic
MV>> of my DS-Lite emulation experiments.

DP> The Germans would probably call it "Das Experiment".

MV>> BTW, I am not the only node in Fidonet that is dual homed...

DP> Happy to hear that!

Happy enough to update your statistics accordingly?

MV>> BTW2 You missed 280/5006 becasue you dit not check for IPv6.
MV>> 280/5006 is IPv6 only.

DP> He is from "Heerhugowaard". I can't even pronounce that.

No need to pronounce it as long as your utility can write it.

DP> "Heer" in Russian means "penis", BTW.

"Heer" means "Master" or "Lord. "Hugo" is a male name, like "Hugh" and "waard" in this context is arcahic for "estate". So it means "Master Hugh's Estate".

I could not help noticing the you are using the tactics of "the one who's name shall not be mentioned". You are changing the subject to divert from the fact that you do not support IPv6.


Cheers, Michiel

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