[Dxspider-support] Tons of russian spots

[Dirk Koopman]

So: here we go...

DXSpider was written because, in the 1990s (yes, it's been going that 
long), there was a situation where anybody could disconnect someone on 
another node, at any time. And there was a (sub) command to do that 
disconnection "silently", i.e. just as though the connection dropped. A 
sysop could read another node's logs to see what someone "was up to" and 
also interfere generally with that node as though he (and all sysops 
were male) was in control.

I make no apology for making that sort of thing difficult -> nearly 
impossible. But I am open to adding code to allow something more nuanced 
in the way of remote control. But I am constantly aware that this could 
and, sadly, might well be abused.

My UK 2p worth

Dirk G1TLH

On 31/08/2022 08:50, Danilo Brelih via Dxspider-support wrote:
>
>     Looks like some genius have modified skimmer software???
>
>
> The dxcluster network is most vulnerable due to the unresponsiveness 
> of some administrators so enabling registration on well maintained 
> systems does not provide a permanent solution. dxcuster programs 
> should be designed in such a way that it is possible to disconnect the 
> malicious system remotely from the network with super user 
> administrator rights. We are far from such a solution due to the facts 
> described above and fight spammers to the best of our abilities.
>
> Dan S50U
>
>
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