[Dxspider-support] Add IP address tp PC16

[Ian Maude]

2009/12/9 Lee Sawkins <ve7cc at shaw.ca>

>
> I am not running a Spider cluster, but I will not be implementing
> registration.  It is simply too much work.  In the last 3.5 years I have
> received PC41 data from over 62,000 different calls.  That is how many
> different cluster users there has been.  I estimate a minimum of 10,000
> of them have connected to my cluster.
>

As the sysop of 2 very busy clusters I disagree.  I register on average
about 4 users a day which takes me 5 minutes.  Initially it was more of
course but once running there is little traffic and it is the *only* way
IMHO to gain any kind of control on the network. It gives the sysop the
ability to control abuse and works *very* well.  It was initially
implemented during 911 (One of Dirks busiest days) and one of the clusters
darkest hours.  A lot of us made about 8 updates that day and the result was
very good indeed.  It did not stop the problem but tat and badspotter gave
us some control over the network.
I have not come down on one side or the other with dropping IP addresses but
my gut feeling is that I don't like it.  Anyone who has to use a proxy might
well be limited by it for a start.
Having said that, the ability for users to log in using g/w0*** or whatever
is something we have needed for a while.  I guess it has not been
implemented because it might break older software but you all know my
opinions on that :)

73 Ian

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Ian J Maude, G0VGS
SysOp GB7MBC & HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters
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