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Can we start to collect some data on errant programs that users
"use"? I have discovered that a rather prominent contester appears
to be using a program that, from time to time splurges out what
appears to be a binary dump of a text window on his (Windows)
machines. In 32/64 bit "wide characters". Perl just swallows it
and DXSpider logs it (in html encoded form). Fills up the logs
(and disconnects the user) but otherwise is "harmless".<br>
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On 01/03/2023 22:24, Stephen Carroll via Dxspider-support wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I'm glad you brought this topic up. I have been
planning to voice my opinion. What you tolerate as a SysOp is
completely up to your individual threshold level. But, I have
basically outlawed any user on my nodes from connecting if using
HamClock. At one point, I had 6 users running the software 24/7.
I refer to this software as a "resource hog" because of how much
data it requests for every spot, then resends the users Name,
QTH and QRA every 15-30 seconds (which is probably the default).
I have a modest computer and cable modem setup for the cluster
and home network usage. If the connected user callsign appears
like this (AA4U), they are probably using HamClock. I will
usually ask the user to connect to a larger scale node, after
explaining why it's a resource hog.
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<div dir="auto">YMMV !!!</div>
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<div dir="auto">73, Steve - AA4U </div>
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<div>Since I am digging into a few things, one of my users
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<div>It turns out it was HAMCLOCK which seems really
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