[Dxspider-support] Problems with command " dx by "

[Angel M. Claus]

Hello to all

The past day 25th of December, somebody connected to my
cluster, ED7ZAB-5, and sent a few spots with the command
"dx by" as shows the log:

1072380576^<- I OM7AMC dx by ok1fm 1844 yb1dx
1072380633^<- I OM7AMC dx by f8bbl 3522 5x1x
1072380819^<- I OM7AMC dx by on on4aef 14020 t30z
1072380837^<- I OM7AMC dx by on4aef 14020 t30z
1072381070^<- I OM7AMC dx by ok1fm 10104 vk9dx
1072382630^<- I OM7AMC dx by ok1fm 3502 d2bb
1072383146^<- I OM7AMC dx by ok1fm 7021 ty4jm on4jm
1072383429^<- I OM7AMC dx by ok1fm 14260 ea0jc
1072383651^<- I OM7AMC dx by ok1fm 7040 ea0jc
1072383717^<- I OM7AMC dx by ea1fh ok1fm drinking
1072383744^<- I OM7AMC dx by ea1fh 7040 ok1fm drinking
1072383911^<- I OM7AMC dx by ok1fm 3677 ea0jc here


I have received a couple of emails from OK's sysops
asking me about the spots sent from OK1FM and with
origin at ED7ZAB-5, and I've informed them about what
happenned with the command " dx by " used by that OM7AMC.

May I ask for this command "dx by" or "dx/by" to be removed
in future releases of DX cluster softwares ? ....

It is in my opinion a dangerous command which could create
some situations of compromise in hands of " bad people " like
in the one shown uplines.

Thank you and the best wishes to all for the new year 2004.

73 de Angel - EA7WA.

Sysop of EA7URC-5 / ED7ZAB-5: telnet://dx.ea7urc.org:8000

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