[Dxspider-support] ARRL contest dumped spots?

[Keith, G6NHU]

If this were Reddit, I’d get downvoted by some people for saying this but I’m going to say it anyway.

If VE7CC does not pass his list of connected users as part of the protocol, there is no way to verify the spots are coming from genuine users.

Therefore for the security of the network, VE7CC should update his software to something which does provide user verification or enable this option within his own software.

Backwards compatibility can only go so far.  I now strongly feel that any node which can’t provide this kind of user verification should be effectively disconnected from the network until they can comply.  We have to be able to verify spots are being submitted genuinely by the callsign attached to them.

73 Keith.
On 1 Mar 2025 at 04:09 +0000, Rene Olsen via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>, wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am not good at all those fance grep lines and what not, but just looking at watchdbg, I can
> see a LOT of spots being dumped.
>
> 04:02:19 (*) PCPROT: Bad Spot IB9A on 7179.0 by K3CT(216.126.9.169)@NC7J User K3CT
> not on node NC7J, DUMPED via DO5SSB-2 92 hops
> 04:02:35 (*) PCPROT: Bad Spot KL5DX on 14326.5 by KI6RRN/KL7(98.97.64.140)@VE7CC-1
> User KI6RRN/KL7 not on node VE7CC-1, DUMPED via DO5SSB-2 95 hops
> 04:02:39 (*) PCPROT: Bad Spot ED8W on 7177.1 by WB2WPM(67.247.211.43)@VE7CC-1
> User WB2WPM not on node VE7CC-1, DUMPED via DO5SSB-2 95 hops
>
> And it just goes on and on.
>
> Also when looking at MRTG normally when a contest starts, there is a huge jump in number of
> spots.
>
> This time the jump is very minimal.
>
> Could of course be there just isn't as many spots as usual in a contest.
>
> Are we sure that our "map" of who is connected where is 100% correct.
>
> Anyway. I just saw that a lot of spots were dumped, and wondered if it could really be correct.
>
> Vy 73 de Rene / OZ1LQH
>
>
>
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