* Originally in MBSE   
      
   Hello Kees!   
      
   Thursday May 08 2014 14:08, you wrote to me:   
      
    VC>>>> The flag INA is the primary source for an IP address. In fact   
    VC>>>> according to my reading of the nodelist summary near the bottom   
    VC>>>> of it INA is the only flag that relates to such.   
    VC>>>> If you know of another method please let me know.   
      
    VC>> I meant other method of storing the IP address within the   
    VC>> NODELIST other than after INA:   
      
    >  Yes, but that is defying the purpose of the INA flag.   
      
    >  Then there is what is acceptable to makenl and not at least to your   
    > ZC.   
      
    >  Makenl accepts an IP address in the phonefield. That is a no-no in Z2   
    > and only a few remain in Z1, where they are redundant, as a hostname   
    > is also presented in the system namefield or as an attribute of one of   
    > the flags.   
      
    >  Makenl accepts an IP address or hostname as an attribute to  IBN:   
    > this is used in Z1, but not accepted in Z2.   
      
   Is is NOT in the spec here as taken from the nodelist:   
      
   S | IBN[:24554] ......... BinkP protocol                                        
      
   and for INA:   
      
   S | INA[:IP-addres] ..... Flag sets the default Internet address used for       
   S |                       any non-email based IP-flag that does not specify     
   S |                       its own.                                              
      
      
    >  Makenl has no concern with the systen name field. For historical   
    > reasons, this field has been overloaded, by holding the DNS hostname   
    > of the system. With the wider use of the INA: flag, many are returning   
    > to the folklore of reusing the system namefield for a personal touch   
    > to the node, or adding info about the administrative function of the   
    > node.   
      
   Just as well we ignore that data other than as a name ' ish.   
      
    >  I do not expect the net to return to putting the DNS hostname in the   
    >  system name field, because MBSE does not support the INA: flag.   
      
   In the 20 odd years I have been in fido I have never seen this mode not that I   
   have been looking mind you and as far as I can see if there is a defined   
   location for a ip address/url eg, INA that is good enough for me.   
      
   It would be interesting to see what Ward's options are on this?   
      
    >  On the other hand MBSE is one of the reasons to have the INA: as it   
    >  supports three IP protocols.   
      
   Well I assume you mean all three variations e.g., URL, IP4 & IP6 when it is   
   needed and no I have not tested it for IP6 and coming to think about it have   
   not noticed IP4 as well.   
      
   Mbse is not the only one that looks for the URL/Ip address from the INA flag.   
   It is what the INA flags is for.   
      
   Vince   
      
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