[leafnode-list] Re: Header PATH and FQDN

[clemens fischer]

Matthias Andree wrote:

> True enough, but steps 8 and 9 in RFC 5537 section 3.5 are quite clear:
> 
> begin quote
> [...]
>   7.   If the Newsgroups header contains one or more moderated groups
>        and the proto-article does not contain an Approved header field,
>        [redirect to moderator] [...]
> 
>   8.   Otherwise, a Path header field with a <tail-entry> MUST be added
>        if not already present.
> 
>   9.   The injecting agent MUST then update the Path header field as
>        described in Section 3.2.1.
> [...]
> end quote

Re. FQDN:  is it not possible to insert an IP (dotted quad form) in
place of a FQDN if the injecting agent doesn't have a real FQDN?
I think I've seen this in live headers.

If the RFC 5537 allows this, then leafnode should allow it, too.  The
next question would be how to reliably determine this IP or how to
configure it for dial-up hosts, but this shouldn't be a hard problem.


clemens