On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Marius Petrescu marius@yo2loj.ro wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ Time and again there appear suggestions for using that LOTW certificate
for other things then LOTW.
I don't know if you are aware, but not everyone is an ARRL member or
uses LOTW.
So, as long as things like APRS have absolutely nothing to do with ARRL,
please keep them apart.
I assume that since all you mentioned in your reply was disdain for ARRL, that is the only piece of this scheme you don't like?
One problem that comes to mind is SSL wouldn't be allowed on 44net unless everyone has the private key and I doubt ARRL will release that.
In his application, I don't see a problem with source address authentication or pseudo passwords. Honestly, I wouldn't even bother with authentication. If someone is going to use it for nefarious purposes then they're already committed to impersonating me and my callsign. After all, there's nothing physically stopping me from impersonating you on the air...