Subj : Test for links etc To : Vince Coen From : Kees van Eeten Date : Fri May 09 2014 12:58 pm Hello Vince! I returned to teh original problem, and tried the the example. I appears that all I have been saying about the INA: flag and MBSE is not true. MBSE does gets the DNS hostname from any flag in the Flags section. 08 Mai 14 17:37, you wrote to me: >> Makenl accepts an IP address or hostname as an attribute to IBN: >> this is used in Z1, but not accepted in Z2. VC> Is is NOT in the spec here as taken from the nodelist: VC> ;S | IBN[:24554] ......... BinkP protocol VC> and for INA: VC> ;S | INA[:IP-addres] ..... Flag sets the default Internet address used for VC> ;S | any non-email based IP-flag that does not VC> specify ;S | its own. Those are the specs that ZC2 accepts. Below is what MBSE can handle (See /opt/mbse/etc/nodelist.conf) # field8 - Search in the flags for a FQDN. Valid flags are like: # IBN:domain.com Standard # IFC:domain.com:port Standard # IBN:1.2.3.5 Standard # ITN:1.2.3.4:port Standard # IBN:* Proposed, use default domain # IBN:*:port Not yet proposed VC> In the 20 odd years I have been in fido I have never seen this mode VC> not VC> that I have been looking mind you and as far as I can see if there is a VC> defined location for a ip address/url eg, INA that is good enough for me. I think we were talking about this type of notation: Hub,1,Rosario_Hub_1,Rosario_SF,Damian_Kleiman,-Unpublished-,300,ICM,IBN:osionli ne.com.ar,IMI:osiservicios@fibertel.com.ar VC> It would be interesting to see what Ward's options are on this? Apparently he has decided against it, as it is not accepted by hist Errorflags filter. >> On the other hand MBSE is one of the reasons to have the INA: as it >> supports three IP protocols. VC> Well I assume you mean all three variations e.g., URL, IP4 & IP6 when it VC> is needed and no I have not tested it for IP6 and coming to think about it VC> have not noticed IP4 as well. No I meant the three Fidonet transports ITN, IFC and IBN Incoming IPv6 is handled by inetd or xinetd and needs no modifications to the programme. For outgoing IPv6 a few system calls have been replaced, that can handle both IPv4 and IPv6. When I started supporting IPv6 I was surprized that I got IPv6 connections wen connecting to the system of Michiel Broek. Currently Andrew Leary supports IPv6 on his MBSE system. VC> Mbse is not the only one that looks for the URL/Ip address from the VC> INA flag. It is what the INA flags is for. Indeed, it even looks for mailbox type adresses and strips the xxxx@. I am not shure if MBSE is choosy behind which flag it finds a hostname. So I think this thread comes to an end, I tried to solve a problem that is not there, and the original problem is system specific for the one who posted it. Kees --- FPD v2.9.040207 GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5--b20130910 * Origin: As for me, all I know is that, I know nothing. (2:280/5006.4) .