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   Michiel van der Vlist to Binkd Team   
   Extended bindaddr   
   23 Oct 21 13:52:56   
   
   TID: FMail-W32 2.1.3.7-B20170919   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   PID: GED+W32 1.1.5-b20170303   
   MSGID: 2:280/5555 6173f798   
   Hello Binkd Team,   
      
   For many years I have been running several binkd nodes. One as my main Fidonet   
   node, one as my mobile point and several test nodes. It works great.   
      
   What I miss is a bit more flexibility regarding bindaddr.   
      
   Bindaddr is used to specify the IP address to use for outgoing calls when   
   there is more than one address avalable for the system. As it is, one can ony   
   specify one address for all outgoing calls. What I would like to see is a way   
   to use different addresses for different destinations.   
      
   The first use case for bindaddr is of course ::f1d0. Presently I use:   
      
   bindaddr [2001:1c02:1102:ac00:f1d0:2:280:5555]   
      
     for my main node   
      
   I can imagine a participant in another network would like to use something   
   else for that other network. Such as:   
      
   bindaddr [2001:1c02:1102:ac00:39:39:0:0] for use by the ZC of Amiganet.   
      
   For testing within my own LAN I would like to be able to use local addresses.   
   Usefull for testing in an environment where there is (deliberately or   
   accdidentally) no internet connection. In addition to global IPv6 addresses I   
   have assigned ULAs for my (test)nodes as well. So when possible and practical   
   for my IPv6 only test node I use:   
      
   bindaddr [fd51:550:40b9:0:f1d0:2:280:5556]   
      
   (fd51:550:40b9::/48) is a ULA prefix that many years ago I registered with   
   SixXs).   
      
   So wouldn't it be nice if one could use more than one bindaddr keyword and add   
   an FTN match to it. Like:   
      
   bindaddr6 [fd51:550:40b9:0:f1d0:2:280:5556] 2:280/5555@fidonet   
   bindaddr6 [2001:1c02:1102:ac00:f1d0:2:280:5556] *@fidonet   
   bindaddr6 [2001:1c02:1102:ac00:ac0:77:8500:100] *@aconet   
   bindaddr6 [2001:1c02:1102:ac00:21:100:1:0] 21:*   
   bindaddr6 [::] *   
      
   Binkd uses the address of the first match for the outgoing call.   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
   --- Fmail, Binkd, Golded   
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