That is why there are amelioration to be done to the portal.
We are used to how the portal works. But it will change and this will make more clear for many.
________________________________________ De : 44Net 44net-bounces+petem001=hotmail.com@mailman.ampr.org de la part de Rob PE1CHL via 44Net 44net@mailman.ampr.org Envoyé : 17 février 2021 05:16 À : Toussaint OTTAVI via 44Net Cc : Rob PE1CHL Objet : Re: [44net] ASN # and Network Service Provider (NSP)
On 2/17/21 11:03 AM, Toussaint OTTAVI via 44Net wrote:
But it can be useful as a simple pre-authentication for a group of users : all users coming from a 44net IP are licensed operators. Then, a simple firewall rule can grant them access to the private parts of the network.
I think that will not work. It would require trusting the entire group of network admins that they will only admit licensed operators to their subnetworks. I know that this is difficult to do for me. When I get a request like "I am Rob PE1CHL and I want some addresses to use on 44Net" there is no way for me to really verify that this mail is really coming from a licensed operator, and even less to verify that he keeps that license during the time he can still use that address. I do look for clues in the requests that hint that the user is not really a radio amateur (I sometimes get those via the Portal), but it is not 100%.
And how can I know what level of validation there is in other countries? And how can I know what is the license level of the operator behind the address when they cannot even bother to get their reverse DNS pointing to their callsign?
Sure, the admittance of only 44Net traffic (44.0.0.0/9 and 44.128.0.0/10) is a first step when guarding a system from access by just everyone, and try to limit it to mostly radio amateurs with hopefully good intentions. But I never would use it as a method to allow e.g. to operate a transmitter (as was the example use case).
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