[Dxspider-support] About data

[Björn Ekelund]

Since I belong to those for whom the administration of DXSpider is
borderline black magic,
where can I find documentation on how to enable password protection on my
node?

Björn SM7IUN

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 8:35 PM Kin EA3CV via Dxspider-support <
dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

> But the password is only necessary if you want to send something to the
> network, and in the case of 'humans'... few are interested. But activating
> the registry would not affect the vast majority, on the contrary, we would
> benefit everyone except the impersonators.
>
> I have seen octogenarians learn the minimum -against their will- to access
> websites and have information for their diplomas or dxpeditions.
>
> AM didn't slow down SSB, nor did RTTY with FT8. Either you upgrade or you
> die.
>
> Kin EA3CV
>
>
> Enviado desde Outlook para Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
>
> ------------------------------
> *De:* Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> en nombre
> de Michael Carper, Ph.D. via Dxspider-support <
> dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Enviado:* martes, 21 de marzo de 2023 20:08
> *Para:* cx2sa at cx2sa.net <cx2sa at cx2sa.net>; The DXSpider Support list <
> dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *CC:* Michael Carper, Ph.D. <mike at wa9pie.net>
> *Asunto:* Re: [Dxspider-support] About data
>
> There's a fundamental problem with forcing passwords for the DX Spider
> nodes. That is...
>
> The people who will have problems with this are the same people whose VCRs
> are still flashing "12:00 AM".
>
> Most of these people haven't seen a command prompt in a telnet session in
> their lives. The makers of the software that people use to connect will
> need to be updated to handle the password creation workflow.
>
> Mike, WA9PIE
> WA9PIE-2
>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 1:59 PM CX2SA - Jose Ma Gonzalez via
> Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> With all the spam problems that have occurred, are there still nodes
>> without a username/password?
>>
>> mmmm... very very bad !!
>>
>> Registration with username and password is ELEMENTARY and does not
>> require any
>> effort.
>>
>> 73, Jose
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: Dxspider-support [mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk] En
>> nombre de Kin via Dxspider-support
>> Enviado el: martes, 21 de marzo de 2023 15:30
>> Para: 'The DXSpider Support list'
>> CC: Kin
>> Asunto: [Dxspider-support] About data
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> From a list of 474 dxspider nodes, accessing each node I have obtained
>> this data:
>>
>> 252 Active
>>     3 Unknown version
>> 219 Inactive or with login error
>>
>> 175 are on 1.57 Mojo
>>   77 are on 1.55 Master
>>
>> 182 have no Password Registration:          116 Mojo + 66 Master
>>   70 have Password Registration enabled:   59 Mojo + 11 Master
>>
>> About 30% of DXSpider nodes have taken the commitment to stop spam😊
>> Congratulations to them.
>>
>> I estimate that there are about 70 nodes missing which I don't have
>> connection data for, but which I can see as a result:
>>
>> 196 nodes in Mojo
>> 127 nodes in Master
>>
>> There are still too many nodes with ARCAIC versions and too many that
>> don't apply direct control over submissions.
>> Let's stop spam together.
>>
>> Kin EA3CV
>>
>>
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