[Dxspider-support] Tons of russian spots

[Luigi Carlotto IK5ZUK]

Hi all,

Thanks Dirk for your courtesy: assuming you add code to allow "remote 
control", at the moment we have another big problem because inside our 
cluster network a very large number of spider nodes are running a very 
old spider version... and unfortunately I don't see a way to "force" the 
owners of that nodes to update to the latest Spider's version.

73 Luigi IK5ZUK

Il 31/08/2022 11:01, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support ha scritto:
> 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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