Hi Gary!
15 Jan 2016 18:12, from Gary DeMontigny -> Richard Menedetter:
and in binkd.cfg
root-domain binkp.net
defnode *
I am not familar with the binkp.net. I assume it acts as a dns server
for binkd nodes. I don't see the root-domain or defnode * defined in
my binkd docs. Sounds like an interesting alternative to the binkd.txt nodelist file. How does it work and I assume that I would have to register? Thanks.
Yes ... it is a DNS Server, that feeds from 3 sources:
1) IP nodes from the nodelist (propably the weekly one ... not sure)
2) manual entries on their web interface
3) DynDNS entries
for 2) you need to register and they send you a password via Fido Netmail.
for 3) you need to poll a russian node, and they update your address with the IP that you polled with.
If you have the 2 statements in your config, than it will look up any node that
is not hardcoded in your config.
If the service is down, than it will natually not work.
But that should be very, very rare.
Gary
CU, Ricsi
Here is the machine translated FAQ:
Answers to frequently asked questions about the area binkp.net
brief information
binkp.net - domain, which is designed to indicate the IP-addresses fidoshnyh sites that support the protocol binkp. Anyone can go to sysop
http://binkp.net,
enter your address fidoshny, and he will be sent a code word netmail. Using this codeword, i.e. netmail acknowledging receipt of the address, you can create, ie, enter a password, and enter an Internet address or its node. Later you can change them through the same Web interface. You can also specify that the IP is dynamic, while at the polling business address 2: 463 / 68.168 with a
password from the site IP calling party will be registered in binkp.net as the node address (if that IP is really responsible for the mailer binkp).
Domain binkp.net conveniently used as a root-domain for binkd (for this role fits any DDN).
There subdomains:
ddn.binkp.net - Information from the nodelist (and only);
node.binkp.net - node addresses, expressly provided by
http://binkp.net; dyn.binkp.net - dynamic IP.
In the main zone binkp.net team contained information from these three sources.
Q: Can I specify the address of the domain in the nodelist binkp.net? After the
domain binkp.net data is taken from the nodelist, will not it unzip.zip?
A: Of course, if someone has registered for your node address from binkp.net, without specifying it in the zone binkp.net, this node will not be available. The same situation is with any other domain. Before you specify in your nodelist an Internet address, make sure that the address exists and is available, regardless of the domain. binkp.net in this respect nothing is original.
Q: Is binkp.net - a single point of failure (SPOF) for fidonet?
A: Firstly, binkp.net in the nodelist is used less often than, for example, dyndns.org, but no one says that dyndns.org - a single point of failure. Secondly, binkp.net - nothing more than a service that is convenient for many sysops. Yes, it is currently unique (any fidoshnika may prescribe where the address of the host running the service, plus Dynamic IP, tailored specifically
for the needs of fidoshnoy), but those who fear that binkp.net because this is a SPOF, no one bothers raise your like. Domain binkp.net not a SPOF by design. You can draw an analogy. Let's say I made a good knot (a convenient, reliable, with autoenrollment links via web, all sorts of statistics, with mahjong and geishas), sysops and pushed me in daunlinki. Is it appropriate to say "it is necessary to disable this node and close because it is a single point of failure"? Third, if me or my unit something happens (eg, I suddenly decide to leave Fido), domain binkp.net stop working immediately, and even after the termination of his work information about the contents of the zone will not be lost (in the Unlike fidonet.net), as Fresh copies available at other fidoshnikov. Himself domain binkp.net currently has four independent authoritative nameservers (two in Russia and two in Ukraine).
Q: binkp.net - this is not the DDN, whether it can be used as a root-domain in binkd?
A: Yes, binkp.net - this is not the DDN, it is more convenient than the DDN. In
addition to information from the nodelist It contains information explicitly provided by sysops and information on dynamic IP, which makes its use more preferable. In other words, if a node has an address in the nodelist (and, respectively, DDN), and that it is in binkp.net, but the converse is not true in general - may exist nodes informtsiya which is present in and absent from binkp.net nodelist although this situation is not normal.
Q: Why do I need a special domain for binkp? The bad point addresses directly in the nodelist, flags INA or IBN?
A: Nobody makes use binkp.net. This is more convenient to register in INA own domain or IP-address directly, they do so. But many use binkp.net - means it is
convenient to them, and strange at the same time want to prevent its use as a unnecessary. If you do not need - he wither away, unnecessary ban meaningless. But it can be useful for several reasons:
- Quickly update more information than in the nodelist;
- No need to interact with people of (NC) to update, everything is automatic;
- Sites with dynamic IP is enough to register the IP is dynamic, and set up a regular polling address 2: 463 / 68.168 [213.133.161.36], after which the IP zone binkp.net will be updated automatically;
- Your own domain is not at all, and obviously propisvyat IP-address in the nodelist is not always good (in particular, because this IP-address can change over time, even if it is "static").
Q: Is there enough binkp.net sekyurno? After one sysop can make an arbitrary zone information, which can be on the main perehvait mail.
A: Similarly, "nesekyuren" and any one of DDN, and generally any domain. Moreover - nodelist Securit even less because (almost) any sysop can send in fake web fileecho nodelist, and the nodelist will be adopted and applied by other nodes (access parameters for customized nodlistovoy fileecho few people).
Or send in fileecho and send Ward regional segment (subject to availability of password link with him). So to claim that nodelist sekyurnee than binkp.net, strange.
Q: How much binkp.net reliably? If due to a malfunction or malicious intent zone binkp.net Clean, old information will not be including and secondary. And if sboyn.t nodelist, you can use the previous version.
A: Crashes during assembly nodelist (loss of regions, etc.) occur regularly, Rollbacking - handmade, which makes a few. DNS on this regard suschestvnno reliable. In addition, the previous version of the nodelist is not at all always new nodelist overrides the previous one. If the sysop for safety made ..the preservation of the previous nodelist - nothing it does not hurt the same
way to make saving a previous version of the information binkp.net (available on
http://binkp.net/binkp-db).
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