Subj : Test for links etc
To : Kees van Eeten
From : Vince Coen
Date : Thu May 08 2014 05:37 pm
* Originally in MBSE
Hello Kees!
Thursday May 08 2014 14:08, you wrote to me:
VC>>>> The flag INA is the primary source for an IP address. In fact
VC>>>> according to my reading of the nodelist summary near the bottom
VC>>>> of it INA is the only flag that relates to such.
VC>>>> If you know of another method please let me know.
VC>> I meant other method of storing the IP address within the
VC>> NODELIST other than after INA:
> Yes, but that is defying the purpose of the INA flag.
> Then there is what is acceptable to makenl and not at least to your
> ZC.
> Makenl accepts an IP address in the phonefield. That is a no-no in Z2
> and only a few remain in Z1, where they are redundant, as a hostname
> is also presented in the system namefield or as an attribute of one of
> the flags.
> Makenl accepts an IP address or hostname as an attribute to IBN:
> this is used in Z1, but not accepted in Z2.
Is is NOT in the spec here as taken from the nodelist:
;S | IBN[:24554] ......... BinkP protocol
and for INA:
;S | INA[:IP-addres] ..... Flag sets the default Internet address used for
;S | any non-email based IP-flag that does not specify
;S | its own.
> Makenl has no concern with the systen name field. For historical
> reasons, this field has been overloaded, by holding the DNS hostname
> of the system. With the wider use of the INA: flag, many are returning
> to the folklore of reusing the system namefield for a personal touch
> to the node, or adding info about the administrative function of the
> node.
Just as well we ignore that data other than as a name ' ish.
> I do not expect the net to return to putting the DNS hostname in the
> system name field, because MBSE does not support the INA: flag.
In the 20 odd years I have been in fido I have never seen this mode not that I
have been looking mind you and as far as I can see if there is a defined
location for a ip address/url eg, INA that is good enough for me.
It would be interesting to see what Ward's options are on this?
> On the other hand MBSE is one of the reasons to have the INA: as it
> supports three IP protocols.
Well I assume you mean all three variations e.g., URL, IP4 & IP6 when it is
needed and no I have not tested it for IP6 and coming to think about it have
not noticed IP4 as well.
Mbse is not the only one that looks for the URL/Ip address from the INA flag.
It is what the INA flags is for.
Vince
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