Tuesday September 12 2017, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Michael Dukelsky:
MD>> Until now we have had information in the nodelist on how one can MD>> connect to a node, what protocols can be used and other MD>> communication options. From this point of view I don't quite MD>> understand what is the difference between the three flags. All MD>> the three in fact say that the node can make outbound connections MD>> only and no inbound connections are possible. No other MD>> information is essential when a sysop (or his software) decides MD>> how to send a message to such a node. Maybe one MOB flag is MD>> enough for it?
MV> We already have the Pvt keyword to signal the inability to accept MV> incoming connections.
You are right. But if one takes such nodes as regular ones as Ward wants it then we must admit that the Pvt keyword is in the wrong place. It is better to make Pvt a flag among other connectivity flags. And such Pvt flag would be more neutral then MOB because nodes without incoming connections can be not only on mobile gadgets.
