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Publication: FSP-????
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Revision: 1
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Title: Integration of IP-Nodes in the nodelist (FTS-0005)
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Author: Lothar Behet, 2:2446/301
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Revision Date: 25 October 1998
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Expiry Date:
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Contents:
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1. Required fields according to FTS-0005, basic flags for ip-nodes
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2. Optional extensions
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3. Addendum
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1. Description of the nodelist format
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Every node entry contains the following 8 fields:
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keyword,node_number,node_name,location,sysop_name,
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phone_number,baud_rate,flags
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Certain fields have defined values according to FTS-0005.
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1.1. Implementation for IP-connectivity
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Because of the limited characterset in the phone_field and
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to avoid any misinterpretion by conventional dialing, the
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ip-specific address-information is entered in another field
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and there are additional flags required.
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1.1.1. Field #1 (keyword) is PVT for an ip-only node without
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conventional phone number related connectivity. In this
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case, the phone field contains "-Unpublished-" according
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to FTS-0005.
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1.1.2. Field #2 (node_number) contains the node number within his
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net and zone.
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1.1.3. Field #3 (node_name) is used for the FQDN (Fully Qualified
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Domain Name) or the ip-address.
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1.1.4. Field #4 (location) contains the geographical location of
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the node. While some nets/regions cannot supply their
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ip-only nodes with a adequate link, these nodes may be
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collected in a seperate net or region, until their original
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net/region support additional ip-connectivity. This special
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net/region is definitely a temporary solution for routing
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within a region or zone!
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1.1.5. Field #5 (sysop_name) represants the name of the system
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operator.
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1.1.6. Field #6 (phone_number) contains the phone_number for
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conventional connectivity. In case of an ip-only node
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it must contain "-Unpublished-".
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1.1.7. Field #7 (baud_rate) contains the maximum baud rate for
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conventional connectivity or 300 in case of an ip_only node.
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1.1.8. Field #8 (flags) represents operational definitions for the
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node.
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Note that these are user flags.
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The ip-flags consist of two parts:
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A basic transport and an optional non-standard port,
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seperated by a colon.
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The default port may be omitted, but is listed as optional
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parameter in this document. In some cases, two flag names
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are mentioned:
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The second one is supported by some software nowadays, but
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these values may conflict with other programs, which not
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completely decode the length of each individual flag (i.e.
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TELN conflicts with the T-flag for online-time)
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Additional flags for ip-nodes are:
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1.1.8.1. IBN[:24554] (Argus: BND[:24554])
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BinkP protocol
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1.1.8.2. IFC[:60179]
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Raw protocol as used by ifcico
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1.1.8.3. ITN[:23] (Argus: TEL[:23])
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Telnet protocol. Some variants of ifcico support Telnet
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on port 60177, which should be added as additional flag
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ITN:60177.
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1.1.8.4. IVM[:3141]
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Vmodem protocol
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1.1.8.5. IP
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General flag for special protocol specifications, if the
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flags conforming to 1.1.8.1. to 1.1.8.4. are not relevant.
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1.1.9. Comments on the proposed nodelist flags
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The additional flagnames in () are supported at this moment
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by Argus, based on the use in z2r50. But the TEL[NET]-flag
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stays in conflict with the generally in all zones and
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regions used T-flag (online time according to FSC-0062).
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2. Optional extensions for future use
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While the above mentioned flags (1.1.8.1 to 1.1.8.4) define a
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minimum set of operational flags for ip-nodes, several additions
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are already foreseeable at this moment.
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2.1. Additional sessions_handshake parameters
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There is at least one program, which supports several
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transport protocols according to chapter 1.1.8. on a
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single port. If other programs should imitate this habit,
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then the following extension to the flag suite 1.1.8.
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(transport[:port[:handshake]])is advised:
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2.1.1. FTS-0001 session handshake: 1
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2.1.2. Yoohoo session handshake : Y
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2.1.3. EMSI sessions handshake : E
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2.1.4. BinkP sessions handshake : B
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2.2. Non-handshaking protocols
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While the definitions until this chapter describe direct
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handshaking sessions with optional password authentification,
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there are several other methods for the tunneling of fidonet
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data via the internet available.
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The setup of these connections does not rely on the nodelist
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(at this moment of writing), but we can think of standard
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setup procedures to use the nodelist for configuration of
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this additional transport methods.
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Therefore the following flags 2.2.1. to 2.2.4. are advised
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for at least informational purpose.
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2.2.1. IFT
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
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2.2.2. ITX
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TransX, an Email based variant
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2.2.3. IUC
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Uuencoded packet (one packet per message)
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2.2.4. IEM
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Email based (generally, without exact specification at
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this moment)
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3. Addendum
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This proposal is based on a maximum compatibility to generally used
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definitions and standards within the Fidonet community.
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Future developments might make additions necessary, if they can not
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be expressed with the existing set of flags as defined by this FSP.
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