[Dxspider-support] Node verification

[Mikel EA2CW]

Again, 100% agree, Mike. But nowadays we have "some" sysops that don't 
do their job (I am sorry but that's true). If you read regularly the 
list, you will see that everytime a sysop check their partners status, 
almost always finds some nodes whose sysops are not active anymore or 
that cannot be connected.
This is for me one of the main reasons to not be anxious about have 400+ 
partners -and then not being able to mantain them properly- but a very 
much lower number of well configurated partners, choosing quality 
instead quantity.




El 10/2/25 a las 15:50, Mike McCarthy, W1NR via Dxspider-support escribió:
> As always, if there is a non spider node or older software then entry 
> will still be available. But, it would be a good idea for every sysop to 
> communicate with each of their partners to be sure that they are still 
> "real" and not some old forgotten node call that is no longer valid.
> 
> At least this would attempt to validate DXSpider<->DXSpider node 
> connections without a huge investment in new protocols.
> 
> On 2/10/2025 9:42 AM, Mikel EA2CW via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> Ok Mike, thanks for explanation, but -correct me if I am wrong- 
>> talking just about nodes, the DNS table system will only secure the ID 
>> of my partners. If they are also connected to nodes which software 
>> doesn't implement this facility, the fake spots will come in anyway, 
>> right?
>>
>> OTOH, that system will imply changes on the spider software and the 
>> updating of all the nodes (spider) of the net , so, in order to 
>> identify our partner nodes IDs, why don't we use the password system 
>> that is already made and running?
>>
> 
> 

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