Subj : Win Version                         was: Bug report
To   : mark lewis
From : Roy Witt
Date : Thu Mar 22 2012 05:00 am


20 Mar 12 21:53, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> I'd rather not use binkp.net at all since each IP node has either a
 RW>> DNS look up alias or if a static IP, that IP can be found in the
 RW>> nodelist.

 RW>> AFAIK, that binkp.net is for you guys that use Linux.

 ml> actually, binkp.net replaces the old fidonet.net in that it provides
 ml> the standard conversion between fidonet addresses and their internet
 ml> equivelent... the only "rough" part being that the second level
 ml> domain name has changed from "fidonet" to "binkp"... other than that,
 ml> everything else is exactly the same...

It didn't work in Irex when it was 'fidonet'...Since that is hardcoded
into Irex, it can't be changed. Unless you are inclined to dig into the
code and re-code it to use 'binkp'... Who's to say what repercussions that
would have on the rest of the program.

 ml> but it should also be noted, as you demonstrated IIRC, that
 ml> fidonet.net address conversion is still working because it appears
 ml> that the DNS domain server operators for that domain still have
 ml> control over them even though the domain appears to have changed
 ml> hands... BUT when that stops working, then some folk will /HAVE/ to
 ml> change their software...

Or someone will have coded a workaround.


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