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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I suppose there is the "nuclear" option
of partitioning the network. Obviously I am (extremely) loath to
do this, and it would require some sort of "charter" or agreement
for cluster nodes / sysops to be agreed so that we can create a
regularly updated set of nodes with similar configurations that
agree to work together. I'm not (at all) certain that such a
partition would survive the users' voracious need for spots, any
spots - especially during contests. But something needs to be
done...<br>
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Discuss - and - keep it gentle.<br>
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On 31/08/2022 10:25, Luigi Carlotto IK5ZUK via Dxspider-support
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Hi all,<br>
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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.<br>
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73 Luigi IK5ZUK <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Il 31/08/2022 11:01, Dirk Koopman via
Dxspider-support ha scritto:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">So: here we go...<br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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My UK 2p worth<br>
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Dirk G1TLH<br>
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On 31/08/2022 08:50, Danilo Brelih via Dxspider-support wrote:<br>
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<div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">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
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