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Hello Nick,
On Wednesday August 06 2025 17:20, you wrote to me:
NB> Hey Michiel!
NB> On Wed, Aug 06 2025 03:20:58 -0500, you wrote:
NB> So what you`re saying here is, there is no possibly way someone could
NB> advertise an AAAA record without them manually configuring it at their
NB> DNS provider?
after having read Dennis`and WIlfred`s comments let me say that I
have yet to come across a syosp - or non sysop for that matter- who
claims "I have no idea how that AAAA record got into my host name, but
it certainly wasn`t me doing it".
>> So the question "if the sysop is unaware that he/she has IPv6,
>> where do these AAAA records come from" remains unanswered.
NB> That`s the same question I`m hung up on then.
And it still is not answered to my satisfaction.
>> Possibly. So these nodes have become zombie nodes for all intents
>> an puposes?
NB> I imagine there`s quite a few. Did the most recent report from Dmitry
NB> show about 25% of Fidonet participants are dead wood? ;)
Yes, and I am not surprised.
But here we are confronted with a next level issue. We see systems
that are up and running, the binkd server answers (IPv4 only) and *.PKTs
are accepted. And there it ends. A more general problem not limited to
IPv6. I call them zombie systems. They appear to be alive but the sysop
is ... not responding.
>> So have I. I have no idea what we can do to remedie the situation.
NB> I`m not so sure we can.
Indeed.
Cheers, Michiel
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