Category : BBS Programs+Doors
Archive   : FSC-0023.ZIP
Filename : FSC-0023.TXT

Date: 11 Jul 88 00:30:18
From: Roeland Meyer on 132/101, BBS Source Ar of New England-N, Nashua NH
To: Randy Bush on 105/6, DawgGone Disg of VanPort Net, Portland OR
Subj: Bundle name format

I thought I'd bring back something we discussed a few months ago for your
enjoyment. I am doing a router and thought I might try to add this
capability as an option.

As you can see, this is already part of a .H file. The router will only
build this type of bundle if specifically told to do so. Otherwise, it will
build a standard Opus style bundle. It will be able to process a mix of
both types.

Oh yeah, the router will also "peek" at the Inbound area for any PassThru
bundles. The router is specifically designed to work with Binkley as the
mailer. There is no nonsense about delta addresses and such. The name of
the bundle is the address of where it has to go. If this is not the current
system then the router will tell Binkley to send it.

If there exists a bundle of the same name and sequence number on the target
machine then Binkley will automatically increment the sequence number. This
is a current feature of Binkley.

Notice the special Flags for Files and EchoMail. The router will allow
routing for both, if desired. There is also full Zone and Point support,
something which oMMM is desparately lacking.

There are three major routing goals:
1) least cost routing.
2) Conservation of disk space.
3) Zone and Point support.

How do I propose this nameing convention to the FTSC?



/****************************************************************************
New address specifier
This is designed for the new bundle nameing convention of

ZNNNOOPP.Fxx
| | | | ||
| | | | |`--> Incrementing sequence number, base 10, max = 99d
| | | | | Starts at 0 and counts to '99' then wraps
| | | | | back to 0. No "Day-of-week" bullshit.
| | | | | This is strictly to avoid bundle collisions.
| | | | | An 'empty' version of the bundle is kept
| | | | | around to help the router remember what the
| | | | | last sequence number was.
| | | | |
| | | | `-----> Flag to indicate bundle type
| | | | Allowed values:
| | | | '1' to 'V' are not allowed here.
| | | | 'W' -
| | | | 'X' - File bundle
| | | | 'Y' - Echo Mail bundle
| | | | 'Z' - Normal mail bundle
| | | |
| | | `--------> Point address, base 32, max = 1,024d
| | | Allowed values: '00' to 'VV'
| | | This is the Point part of the destination
| | | address of the bundle.
| | | Special values:
| | | '00' - Destination is the Node given by
| | | ZNNNOO, not forwarded to any Points.
| | | 'VV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL Points
| | | under the Node given by ZNNNOO, as
| | | well as, the Node given by same.
| | |
| | `----------> Node address, base 32, max = 1,024d
| | Allowed values: '00' to 'VV'
| | This is the Node part of the destination
| | address of the bundle.
| | Special values:
| | '00' - Destination is the Net Host given by
| | ZNNN, not forwarded to any Nodes.
| | 'VV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL Nodes
| | in the Net given by ZNNN, as
| | well as, the Net Host given by same.
| |
| `------------> Net address, base 32, max = 33,824d
| Allowed values: '000' to 'VVV'
| This is the Net part of the destination
| address of the bundle.
| Special values:
| '000' - Destination is the ZoneGate given by
| Z, not forwarded to any Nets.
| 'VVV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL Nets
| in the Zone given by Z, as well as,
| the ZoneGate given by same.
|
`--------------> Zone address, base 32, max = 32d
Allowed values: '0' to 'V'
This is the Zone part of the destination
address of the bundle.
Special values:
'0' - Destination is the current ZoneGate.
'V' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL
ZoneGates given by the NodeList, as
well as, the ZoneGate given by same.
EXAMPLES:

10020304.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/3.4 Point 4 under 1:2/3
10020300.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/3.0 Node address Zone 1 Net 2 Node 3
10020000.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/0.0 Net Host of Zone 1 Net 2
10000000.Z01 - Destination = 1:0/0.0 ZoneGate of Zone 1
00000000.Z01 - Destination = 0:0/0.0 ZoneGate of current Zone
100203VV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Points under 1:2/3
1002VV00.Z01 - Destination = ALL Nodes under 1:2/0, no Points.
1VVV0000.Z01 - Destination = ALL Net Hosts in Zone 1 only, no one else.
V0000000.Z01 - Destination = ALL ZoneGates in the Nodelist.
1002VVVV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Nodes and Points in Zone 1 Net 2.
1VVVVVVV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Points, Nodes, and Nets in Zone 1.
VVVVVVVV.Z01 - Destination = All Points, Nodes, and Nets in all Zones.
VVVV0000.Z01 - Destination = All Net Hosts and ZoneGates in all Zones only.
1002VVVV.Z01 - Destination = All Nodes and Points in Zone 1 Net 2.
1VVV00VV.Z01 - Destination = All Points on all NetHosts in Zone 1
0VVVVV00.Z01 - Destination = All Nets and Nodes in the current Zone


****************************************************************************/

typedef struct
{
Byte Zone ; /* Binary 00 to 32 Zone address */
Word Net ; /* Binary 00 to 33824 Net address */
Word Node ; /* Binary 00 to 1024 Node address */
Byte Point ; /* Binary 00 to 1024 Point address */
} NetAddr, *NetAddrPtr;

The router will only generate this type of bundle if it is told that a
particular target Node can accept it. If it receives this type of bundle,
and the router has not been told that the Node it is sending to can process
it, than the router will transform the bundle into the current style of
bundle acceptable by Opus. This means more processing, but, should allow
for a smoother transition.

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