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  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.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

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