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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>True Dan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>This beginning of 2023 is giving a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Take advantage and update yourselves, bring important changes and fix important bugs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Contribute to the Community with your update!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Here are the incorporated changes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>20Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Add the variable @main::localhost_names to allow other IP addresses to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> be treated in the same way as localhost in item 1 on 19Jan23 below. NOTE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> you must include ALL the normal localhost names + any other interface<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> names that you might want to include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> set/var @main::localhost_names qw(127.0.0.1 ::1 192.168.1.30)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> using the qw() construction is easier than:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> set/var @main::localhost_names ('127.0.0.1', '::1', '192.168.1.30')<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> but either will work. You can define as many IP addresses as you like and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> they can be IPV4 or 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> You do NOT need to fiddle with this unless you specifically have more<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> than just the normal definitions of localhost. So for 'normal' nodes with<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> one external interface, you DO NOT NEED TO DO ANY OF THIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>2. Added CTY-3304 prefix data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>19Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Introduce aliasing for localhost in DX Spots and outgoing PC92 A records<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> on login. There are two variables which can be set with the alias to use:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> $main::localhost_alias_ipv4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> $main::localhost_alias_ipv6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> These can be set in the /spider/scripts/startup, but this is only<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> necessary if the node has more than one interface, or virtual hosts. If<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> there is ONLY ONE ipv4 and/or ipv6 IP address on the node machine then<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> these variables will be automatically populated on first use. But the SAFE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> thing to do is to set them in the startup file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> THIS FEATURE IS EXPERIMENTAL...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>18Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Make sure than *every* channel has an IP address. Thank you (I think) Kin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> for pointing out that PC92 A records were not going out with IP addresses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> I'm guessing that other things (like spots) had a similar problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>15Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Fix strange errors for carp on missing route_*_cache files on startup.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>14Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Fixed route PC11 promotions so that a new PC61 is actually generated and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> also sent instead of the original PC11 (to PC61 capable nodes).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>13Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Periodically store Routing tables and, if they are young enough (def: 3hrs)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> autotically restore them on restart of the node. This will short circuit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> the need to rebuild the routing tables from scratch on every restart -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> which is normally for something like software update.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>2. Fix pc11 debugging stats with the correct figures. Sigh... Also move some<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> of the totals to a different place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>3. Add show/spotstats command which gives the current spot statistics shown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> during pc11 debugging (which means you don't need to set/deb pc11 unless<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> you really want that extra noise).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>12Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Regularise 'set/debug pc11' output to track all the routes through PC11 and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> PC61 processing and statistics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>11Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Improve (?) the PC11 -> PC61 upgrading process that delays incoming PC11s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> for a very short time in the hope that a PC61 will come in to be used<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> instead. It will also upgrade a PC11 if we have an uptodate IP address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> that has come in from the routing system PC92s. do a 'set/debug pc11' to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> see it in action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>2. I have chosen a definitive list of TOR exits and relays which can be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> downloaded from http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torexit,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torrelay and finally, for those IP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> addresses that are deemed to be 'bad':<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.global. I have added the following<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> lines to my /spider/local_cmd/crontab:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>24 * * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torexit')<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>24 * * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torrelay')<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>24 * * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.global')<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>25 * * * * run_cmd('load/badip')<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> The tor files are downloaded from https://lists.fissionrelays.net/tor/ at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> 15 minutes past every hour, please would you use some other minute than<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> 23 or 24 to get your own local copies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> A 'set/debug badip' will show you what is being blocked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>3. Fix set/badip so that it appends new IP addresses correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>10Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Add baddx on incoming callsign in RBN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>2. Search for all /spider/local_data/badip.* files to allow more control on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> which IP addresses are detected. e.g. badip.torexit, badip.torrelay as well<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> as baddx.local. The suffixes, apart from .local (created by set/badip) are<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> completely arbitrary. You can use whichever suffix name you like. This is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> a more useful arrangement for the ever increasing sources of "bad ip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> addresses" that we need to deter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> NOTE: all badip.<suffix> are read only EXCEPT badip.local (which can be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> altered in real time by the sysop using set/badip <ip address> ...).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> If one uses periodic crontab jobs to update any other badip.<suffix><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> files from web resources then don't forget to 'load/badip' afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>3. Add a /spider/data/baddx.issue file which can be copied to (or used as a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> basis to create) /spider/local_data/baddx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>09Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Finish implemention of DXCIDR ip address filtering. This works on both<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> logins (treated the same as locked out - i.e. just disconnected) and also<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> with PC61s where these sentences are just dropped. Also attempt to prevent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> any *following* PC11s with the same data getting through.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> YOU WILL NEED either 'cpanm Net::CIDR::Lite' or debian/ubuntu based distros<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> 'apt install libnet-cidr-lite-perl'. RedHat based systems will have similar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> packages available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>2. Recognise PC18s coming from CC Clusters more nicely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>04Jan23=======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>1. Fillout DXCIDR, attach checks in PC61 and logins. Login that fail will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> simply disconnect, like locked out callsigns<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>2. Fix qrz.com URL in stock Internet.pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>3. Fix DXHash issues (baddx, badnode, badspotter etc)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Kin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'>De:</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'> Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk> <b>En nombre de </b>Danilo Brelih via Dxspider-support<br><b>Enviado el:</b> viernes, 20 de enero de 2023 14:59<br><b>Para:</b> Kin via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br><b>CC:</b> Danilo Brelih <danilo.brelih@siol.net><br><b>Asunto:</b> [Dxspider-support] Changes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kin via Dxspider-support je 20.1.2023 ob 14:44 napisal:<span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Good weekend.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p>"git pull" brings us quite a few updates and CHANGES reading over the weekend. <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😁</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>Once more thank you Dirk for this new one!<o:p></o:p></p><p>GL Dan S50U<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'>-- <br><a href="https://s50e.si/gorje.html">Gorje, Cerkno h=604m</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>