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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.   
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