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    <p>Hello everyone<br>
      <br>
      It is very difficult for me, and I think for many sysops, to keep
      up with the number of emails with proposals, modifications,
      configuration updates, opinions, different "I did...", even more
      "we should do".<br>
      <br>
      As many of us have a life outside the cluster and we maintain it
      in our free time, I suggest that Dirk and the other -very active
      and of course appreciated- sysops make the decisions and then pass
      on to those of us who watch from the outside what happens, a list
      of "do this, this and this other thing, in this way", a kind of
      instruction manual on a definitive update.<br>
      <br>
      If this definitive update implies changing the way of connecting
      to passwords, ssh, or smoke signals, let someone say "it should be
      done this way" and the one who does it is in and the one who
      doesn't, is out.<br>
      <br>
      At least that is my opinion, I don't know what others think about
      this<br>
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    <p>Rick LU9DA<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 11/2/2025 a las 21:18, HB9DHG Fulvio
      via Dxspider-support escribió:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Perfect,
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        <div>That answers my question :) </div>
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        <div>set/var $DXProt::pc92c_ipaddr_enable 1<br>
          Ok, $DXProt::pc92c_ipaddr_enable = '1'<br>
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        <div>73 de HB9DHG Fulvio</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at
          10:08 PM <<a href="mailto:ea3cv@cronux.net"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ea3cv@cronux.net</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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              dir="auto">It simply associates the node with the user and
              IP on the node where it is connected.<br>
              It only serves for network management, it does not affect
              the user, it is the same as when connecting to any server.<br>
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                style="font-size:11pt"><strong>De:</strong> HB9DHG
                Fulvio <<a href="mailto:hb9dhg@gmail.com"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">hb9dhg@gmail.com</a>><br>
                <strong>Enviado:</strong> martes, febrero 11, 2025
                9:42:55 p. m.<br>
                <strong>Para:</strong> <a
                  href="mailto:ea3cv@cronux.net" target="_blank"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ea3cv@cronux.net</a>
                <<a href="mailto:ea3cv@cronux.net" target="_blank"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ea3cv@cronux.net</a>><br>
                <strong>CC:</strong> The DXSpider Support list <<a
                  href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>><br>
                <strong>Asunto:</strong> Re: [Dxspider-support] Trusting
                spots... A proposal<br>
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                  <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks, Kin.</p>
                  <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">But what exactly does this
                    mean for me (as Sysop) and for a user?</p>
                  <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sorry for the dumb
                    question—if the command is "transparent," I’d really
                    like to implement it. :)</p>
                  <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">HB9DHG Fulvio</p>
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                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 11, 2025
                  at 9:36 PM <<a href="mailto:ea3cv@cronux.net"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ea3cv@cronux.net</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
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                      PC92C with IP address.<br>
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                        style="font-size:11pt"><strong>De:</strong>
                        Dxspider-support <<a
href="mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank"
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk</a>>
                        en nombre de HB9DHG Fulvio via Dxspider-support
                        <<a
                          href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>><br>
                        <strong>Enviado:</strong> martes, febrero 11,
                        2025 9:32:36 p. m.<br>
                        <strong>Para:</strong> The DXSpider Support list
                        <<a
                          href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>><br>
                        <strong>CC:</strong> HB9DHG Fulvio <<a
                          href="mailto:hb9dhg@gmail.com" target="_blank"
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">hb9dhg@gmail.com</a>><br>
                        <strong>Asunto:</strong> Re: [Dxspider-support]
                        Trusting spots... A proposal<br>
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                        <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Kin, I'm happy to
                          help make the network more friendly and
                          security-compliant.</p>
                        <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Are you so kind as
                          to explain what this command does?</p>
                        <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><code>set/var
                            $DXProt::pc92c_ipaddr_enable 1</code></p>
                        <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'm sure I missed
                          this thread, my apologies.</p>
                        <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">HB9DHG Fulvio</p>
                        <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sysop : HB9ON-8
                          Dxspider Cluster</p>
                        <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
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                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb
                          11, 2025 at 8:48 PM Kin via Dxspider-support
                          <<a
                            href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk"
                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A <span>great</span> idea <span>to</span>
                                    <span>minimise</span> <span>changes</span>
                                    in <span>the</span> <span>protocol</span>
                                  </span><span
style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">👏👏👏</span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With</span></span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <span>this</span>, <span>nodes</span>
                                    <span>that</span> <span>have</span>
                                    <span>purposely</span> <span>deactivated</span>
                                    PC92 <span>will</span> be <span>considered</span>
                                    as ‘<span>suspicious</span>’, and <span>those</span>
                                    <span>that</span> <span>have</span>
                                    <span>not</span> <span>been</span>
                                    <span>updated</span> <span>since</span>
                                    <span>the</span> Pleistocene <span>will</span>
                                    <span>cease</span> <span>to</span>
                                    <span>exist</span>.</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I <span>propose</span> <span>that</span>
                                    <span>nodes</span> <span>that</span>
                                    <span>have</span> <span>their</span>
                                    <span>connections</span> <span>between</span>
                                    <span>nodes</span> <span>with</span>
                                    <span>passwords</span> <span>should</span>
                                    <span>also</span> be <span>considered</span>
                                    as <span>good</span> <span>nodes</span>.</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If</span></span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <span>this</span> <span>is</span>
                                    <span>included</span> <span>with</span>
                                    <span>the</span> <span>routing</span>
                                    table, <span>it</span> <span>would</span>
                                    <span>give</span> more <span>reliability</span>
                                    <span>to</span> <span>those</span>
                                    <span>nodes</span>.</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">And <span>if</span> <span>it</span>
                                    <span>also</span> <span>includes</span>
                                    $<span><span>main</span></span><span>::</span><span>reqreg</span>
                                    = 1 <span>with</span> $<span>main</span>::<span>passwdreq</span>
                                    = 0, <span>those</span> <span>nodes</span>
                                    <span>would</span> be <span>the</span>
                                    <span>most</span> <span>secure</span>.</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">What</span></span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> do <span>you</span> <span>think</span>?</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kin EA3CV</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PS</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It</span></span><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <span>would</span> be <span>convenient</span>
                                    <span>for</span> <span>sysops</span>
                                    <span>to</span> <span>activate</span>:</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">set/<span>var</span> $<span><span>DXProt</span></span><span>::</span>pc92c_ipaddr_enable
                                    1</span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">De:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Dxspider-support
                                        <<a
href="mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk</a>>
                                        <b>En nombre de </b>Dirk
                                        Koopman via Dxspider-support<br>
                                        <b>Enviado el:</b> martes, 11 de
                                        febrero de 2025 17:53<br>
                                        <b>Para:</b> Dxspider-Support
                                        <<a
href="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">dxspider-support@dxcluster.org</a>><br>
                                        <b>CC:</b> Dirk Koopman <<a
                                          href="mailto:djk@tobit.co.uk"
                                          target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">djk@tobit.co.uk</a>><br>
                                        <b>Asunto:</b>
                                        [Dxspider-support] Trusting
                                        spots... A proposal</span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="font-size:13.5pt">A while
                                    ago, I suggested that I might
                                    implement the "nuclear option". Well
                                    this is it.<br>
                                    <br>
                                    The "simple" answer is to compare
                                    the incoming spot with the contents
                                    of the routing table. <br>
                                    <br>
                                    If the user or the node is not in
                                    the routing / user tables, then the
                                    spot is *likely* fake. <br>
                                    <br>
                                    Now, there are a number of
                                    circumstances where this assumption
                                    is not true. They include:</span><span></span></p>
                                <ul type="disc">
                                  <li class="MsoNormal"><span
                                      style="font-size:13.5pt">When a
                                      node restarts, it will have an
                                      empty routing table which will not
                                      be fully informed for at least
                                      three hours - by which time it
                                      will have received PC92 C records
                                      from all the nodes then connected.
                                      Obviously PC92 A and records will
                                      have been received in "real time"
                                      for all the users that have come
                                      and gone in the interim.
                                      Therefore, until the enforcement
                                      wait time expires (default three
                                      hours), all spots will be treated
                                      as "valid".</span><span></span></li>
                                  <li class="MsoNormal"><span
                                      style="font-size:13.5pt">It's a
                                      spot coming from a source that
                                      does not (reliably) send PC92
                                      [ADC] or PC16/17 records. That
                                      means anything behind a gateway
                                      into the AR-Cluster network (e.g.
                                      K1TTT). The gateway itself does
                                      supply this information to a
                                      directly connected node, but it
                                      won't be passed on because of the
                                      problems deduping PC16/17 and the
                                      fact that they are likely to be
                                      isolated nodes. If we don't pass
                                      these on, then I suspect the
                                      wailing and gnash of teeth will be
                                      too great. </span><span></span></li>
                                </ul>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">So
                                    what I propose to do is to test
                                    every spot coming in and depending
                                    and after three hours (configurable)
                                    the node will grade a spot and,
                                    depending on the value of $<a
                                      moz-do-not-send="true">DXProt::senderverify</a>,
                                    will do one of these things if a
                                    spot fails the test above:</span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">For
                                    users: </span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">If set
                                    to 1, add a '?' to the one or more
                                    callsign(s) e.g.:</span></p>
                                <p><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"">DX de
                                    II9IAKE:    7113.0  IQ9AAP      
                                    15.55 IQ\'S DISTRICTS ARMI VESPUCCI
                                    AWARD </span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">becomes
                                  </span></p>
                                <p><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"">DX de
                                    II9IAKE<b><span style="color:red">?</span></b>:   
                                    7113.0  IQ9AAP<b><span
                                        style="color:red">?</span></b>
                                          15.55 IQ\'S DISTRICTS ARMI
                                    VESPUCCI AWARD </span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">It may
                                    be adequate to just add it to the
                                    spotter call... </span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">If it
                                    is set to 2 then users won't see it
                                    at all.</span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">For
                                    nodes:</span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">If set
                                    to 1, pass it onward to other nodes.
                                    If set to 2 and it's a PC61 then
                                    dump it. If set to 3 then just dump
                                    it. </span></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="font-size:13.5pt">Confession
                                    time: This variable already exists.
                                    You can set it to 1 (warning) or 2
                                    (dump). But to see the sort of
                                    effect it can have,  just do a
                                    "set/debug suspicious" and start a
                                    "watchdbg suspicious" in another
                                    window.  You can unset/debug it and
                                    normal service will be resumed. This
                                    version does not affect what users
                                    see if set to 1.</span><span></span></p>
                                <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">73
                                    Dirk G1TLH</span></p>
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