[Dxspider-support] telnet / read only

[Radioman]

I have been using this method for many years now
with no issues, i refuse to register a user on the internet unless they 
are a steady user and i ask
them to use a password
it takes just a couple of minutes a day and it stops the pirate problems 
we have on the clusters,
besides it protects the normal users and in force's the gentleman ham 
from the bad announce/full
issues going on also..
its the mind your manors or i unset/reg and they cannot send anything

its kinda tough but in 5+ years i only had one problem


Tony
NN1D




Dirk Koopman wrote:
> Luc Goeman - ON1GL wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>
>>     
>
> Which is why you should always set a password for registered users. 
> GB7BAA even has an automated CGI script that does this.
>
> Dirk
>
>   
>> 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.
>>
>>     
>
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