[Dxspider-support] rcmd

[Dirk Koopman]

Firstly: Please can you explain why a privilege level of 1 is a problem?
This level, after all, only allows the same commands as a normal user,
except that you can read msgs not addressed to your own callsigns.

Setting privilege level to 0 doesn't really achieve very much. 

A general point: there is *NOTHING* that passes thru the cluster network
that is private - *period*. (That is the law BTW, that is one of the
defining conditions in ITU rules that allows us to use the bands that we
do).

On the second point: I would strongly recommend that you do *not* set
the remote privilege level > 5 as to do so invites every Tom, Dick and
Sarah to destroy your cluster node. Remember that there is absolutely no
authentication in the current PC protocol and you do *not* know where a
packet purporting to come from your co-sysop has *actually* originated.

Dirk G1TLH

On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 08:46, Colin Harris wrote:
> With this RCMD thingy in mind can anyone tell me the default by
> standard that remote nodes are set to. From the aforegoing I assume
> Priv level 1  ? ..  Also can remote nodes be subjected to the user
> level priv's scale up to  - 9 ?  I'm thinking of our own local needs
> here for full remote control of the adjacent node.
>  
> - Regards Colin
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: Luigi Carlotto - IK5ZUK
>         To: dxspider-support at dxcluster.org
>         Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:01 AM
>         Subject: R: [Dxspider-support] rcmd
>         
>         Hi Ian !
>         yes, I know that I can stop the RCMDs coming from a node by
>         reducing from 1 to 0 the privilege level ... but if the node
>         is disconnected, after when it reconnect my node, its
>         privilege level is back from 0 to 1 automatically... I have
>         tested this some days ago !!
>          
>         Exist a way to stop by default the RCMDs for all nodes, and
>         enable them for specific nodes ONLY ?? ... I wish this only
>         for security and for privacy...
>          
>         Tks for your help !
>          
>         73 de Luigi, ik5zuk  
>                 -----Messaggio Originale----- 
>                 Da: Ian J Maude
>                 A: dxspider-support at dxcluster.org
>                 Data invio: mercoledì 13 novembre 2002 10.24
>                 Oggetto: Re: [Dxspider-support] rcmd
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Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk>