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   Rob Swindell to Michiel van der Vlist   
   Connection Tests   
   05 Apr 23 10:08:44   
   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   MSGID: 27.ipv6@1:103/705 2892e137   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/fcf4a0012 Apr  4 2023 GCC 12.2.0   
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     Re: Connection Tests   
     By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Wed Apr 05 2023 11:52 am   
      
    > Hello Rob,   
    >   
    > On Tuesday April 04 2023 15:18, you wrote to me:   
    >   
    >  >> netsh int ipv6 add address Internet 2600:6c88:8c40:5b:f1do:1:103:705   
      
    > And your binkp server answers on that address:   
      
    > + 09:37 [3496] outgoing session with 2600:6c88:8c40:5b:f1d0:1:103:705:24554   
      
    > So all you have to do to earn your 'f' in the list is update the DNS for the   
    > mew IPv6 address.   
      
   It probably makes more sense to just create a new hostname for fido traffic   
   and have that point to that IPv6 address. Is this just a vanity address or   
   does it have some functional puporse?   
      
    > 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.   
      
   Maybe. Outbound IPv6 interface control isn't very strong in Synchronet right   
   now.   
      
    >> For incoming you should create a pinhole for port 24554 and maybe   
    >  >> port 23.   
    >   
    >  RS> With the DMZ set, no pin-holes needed.   
    >   
    > I am still a bit puzzled about your setup. Do you have /any/ barrier between   
    > the big bad InterNet and your Fido Machine?   
      
   Just the Windows firewall.   
   --    
                                               digital man (rob)   
      
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   Rob Swindell first learned to program in C by hacking on WWIV BBS software   
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