= Сообщение: 5270 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Carol Shenkenberger 1:275/100 31 Oct 20 11:41:53 Кому : Nil Alexandrov 31 Oct 20 11:41:53 Тема : Nodelist Thoughts? FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=7542.ftsc_pub@1:275/100+2402d937 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:5015/46+5f93adc7 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== Re: Nodelist Thoughts? By: Nil Alexandrov to Jeff Smith on Sat Oct 24 2020 07:29 am
> Hello, Jeff! > > Thursday October 22 2020 01:01, from Jeff Smith -> All: > > JS> I have seen questions and differing thoughts on the use of certain > JS> nodelist flags and their preferred or correct usage. A couple such > JS> flags are INA and IBN and how each should be used to specify nodelist > JS> connectivity data. In looking through the current nodelist I see those > JS> two flags used in a couple different ways. > JS> Thoughts on which and why? > > INA flag tells you that the node supports IP connection and the address is > provided. There used to be IP flag for the same reason but because the addre > itself was optional it is deprecated in favor of INA. > > Here, the IBN flag specifies that the Binkp protocol is supported and > optionally a non-standard port can be specified. Other supported protocol c > be IFC (RAW ifcico), IFT, ITN, or IVM protocol. > > It is that the IBN flag cannot include the host address itself, that is why > usually have a combination of INA+IBN in the nodelist. > > Best Regards, Nil
Actually Nil, the IBN can also specify an address. It is just redundant if the same one as the INA address so isn't used then.
xxcarol
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