Re: syncterm bbs port discovery
By: deon to fusion on Thu Jul 07 2022 10:02 pm
Hey Apam,
> > Keep having this idea pop in my head.. maybe a solution in search of a pro
blem.. DNS servers often have text strings with all
> > sorts of stuff.. spf for ips allowed to send mail on behalf of a domain, d
omain ownership verfification.. yadda yadda
>
> > Could perhaps throw one in there like BBS=2323 or something so syncterm ca
n find nonstandard ports on it's own.
>
> So "SRV" records a really for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record
>
> But your idea is good - could Syncterm read them? Best to find deuce in IRC o
r post a feature request on sourceforge
This would be a nice idea for MagiTerm too...
...δεσ∩
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