= Сообщение: 2367 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Alexey Vissarionov 2:5020/545 29 Mar 17 21:25:00 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 29 Mar 17 21:25:00 Тема : Proposed changes: FTS-5001.006 FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:5020/545+58dc012b На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:280/5555+58dba06a = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== Good ${greeting_time}, Michiel!
29 Mar 2017 13:48:58, you wrote to me:
AV>>>> INA:192.0.2.123,INA:[2001:db8:f1d0::1234],IBN is a legal AV>>>> set of flags. MvdV>>> Maybe, but it is not common practise... AV>> Hmmmm... Well, for now there are no literal IPv6 in the nodelist: AV>> % egrep 'INA:\[' ~/fido/etc/nodelist.ndl | wc -l AV>> 0 MvdV> Indeed, no literal IPv6 address in the nodelist right now. But MvdV> there has been at least one in the past.
Good. So: 1. We have a number of nodes using both IPv4 and IPv6. 2. Literal IP addresses are permitted to use in the nodelist.
Conclusion: see top of quote.
AV>> Although multiple INA flags may be used to list both IPv4 and IPv6 AV>> literal addresses, this is not recommended; use domain name instead. MvdV> The problem with "recommendations" is that there is no global MvdV> consencus on the degree of compulsivity. In some cultures, such MvdV> as mine, "not recomended" is almost equivalent to "not allowed", MvdV> only to be used when there is absolutely no other way.
For me "not recomended" is not so strict: "you'd better don't, but if you do - you're on your own".
MvdV> In other cultures, apparently in parts of Northern America, a MvdV> "recommendation" means little or nothing and can be ignored MvdV> without consequences.
That's their own problem. Do you want to solve it for them? I don't.
