23 Jul
2019
23 Jul
'19
4:41 a.m.
Marius;
On Tue, 2019-07-23 at 09:06 +0000, marius--- via 44Net wrote:
+1
But, afer almost 20 years playing around witht his
topic, I think the lack of specific network services on 44net is the actual element
preventing the spread of its usage.
The original goal was conectivity, global if possible.
But there simply is no incentive for using it anymore. Dx clusters are reachable on the
regular internet, repeaters and reflectors too. Specialized sites dedicated to contesting
are homebrew stuff, or whatever, use regular internet access. They can not rely on a
network where only 10k users are reachable. And BBS systems are outdated and replaced by
forums, mailing lists and discussion groups on various platforms.
Unless we can find desirable services that really need a "private" globally
routeable network for them to work, there will be no real new users influx beyond the
occasional network enthusiast.
The one key thing however about using 44-net as a source IP is that when
you visit another ham's services no matter what they may be, that ham
for the most part (not always due to spoofs) can be rest assured that
you're a licensed ham using their facilities whereas this is much more
difficult when using a DHCP public IP from an ISP... especially if your
services involve the remote usage of amateur radio frequencies.
It also allows you to host services under a static IP schema vs that of
a dynamic DNS config. In the case of running a mail server such as
sendmail, postfix, exim, etc. you have the availability of RDNS whereas
dymamic DNS offerings do not offer this. In many mail server configs,
RDNS is required to match forward DNS as a means to help filter spam.
Mail server services (at least here) by default are often filtered by
the ISPs as well where amprnet allows for usage of one.
In support of your case, I think I'm the only one on this list who uses
an MTA on amprnet.
--
Rain is caused by big, high-pressure areas; cold fronts; warm, moist air;
And the first day of your vacation.
-----
73 de Brian N1URO
IPv6 Certified
SMTP: n1uro-at-n1uro.ampr.org