[Dxspider-support] [POLL] dx by <call>
Andrew B. White
k9cw at prairienet.org
Mon Sep 30 19:08:27 BST 2002
I would like to see the "by <call>" option removed. I never liked it on
AK1A, and I don't see any useful purpose for this command now. It is too
easy to use it to launch nuisance spots. I think that you should only be
able to post DX spots using your login callsign. Sure, you can log in
using a bogus callsign, but at least that makes them work a bit harder.
73, Drew
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> In order to maintain compatibility of the dx command with other
> packages, I allow the syntax "dx 14001 fr0g by g7brn" whilst I might be
> logged in as "g1tlh".
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) Do I keep it as is?
> 2) Should get rid of it altogether?
> 3) Do I put a privilege on using it?
>
> What do we need it for? Bearing in mind that is an obvious security
> hole.
>
> I want to get a feel for community opinion here so please answer the
> questions first and then make any comments you think appropriate.
>
> Dirk G1TLH
>
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