[Dxspider-support] telnet / read only

[Luc Goeman - ON1GL]

This is a very dangerous way, because the 'registered' callsign from a user 
can be pirated via the internet without any securitycheck. AX25 users do not 
see the need to use a password because they do not use internet.

73

Luc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dirk Koopman
To: Luc Goeman - ON1GL ; The DXSpider Support list
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] telnet / read only


Luc Goeman - ON1GL wrote:
>  Is it possible to configure DXSpider (windows) for read-only access on 
> the telnet port when there is no password given ?
> ax25 login (via AGW) should always have full write access.
> At this moment telnet-client is closing when no password is given. 
> (set/var $main::passwdreq = 1)
>

No (is the short answer), but we can come close.

The official way of doing this is to set registration (set/var
$main::reqreg = 1) and switching off passwdreq (set/var $main::passwdreq
= 0).

This then makes people ask for registration when they use "write"
commands. However, this applies then to all users, including those on
ax25. It it probably a good idea to set passwords for people that
register. This will make them use a password on telnet, but not on ax25
where passwords mean something else and are done differently in any case.

But you will still need to register ax25 users.

Dirk