If your having fun thatbia all that counts
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 5:09 PM Ron Gibson ve3cgr@sympatico.ca wrote:
I've been running a NNTP server ((ve3cgr.ampr.org) 44.135.92.10)) on my JNOS for quite some time. Is there a demand? No, but I had fun setting it up. Ron VE3CGR
On 9/15/2017 4:52 PM, Lin Holcomb wrote:
Ok so this is interesting in one way, but thinking of this like a
business
no in a profit context, but in a customer context. Is there really a
demand
for this service. Those of you that are anti Facebook ect maybe don't understand that groups like this exist in massive numbers in the social media sphere. Examples:
Ham Radio Operators 19,833 members 100watts and a wire FB group 8,105 Amateur Radio QRP 9,105 Amateur Radio UK 5,900 Amateur Radio 18,130 Fox Tango 3,487
My point/though is this idea just inventing a really great buggy whip
while
everyone is driving cars?
Devils advocate
Lin N4YCI
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:30 PM Rob Janssen pe1chl@amsat.org wrote:
A private, ham only OpenID server? that should provide authentication as well as authorization for assorted servers. Make it stand alone & not tied to any particular service like amprnet or echolink or LOTW. make it freely accessible to anyone who wants to authenticate a ham anywhere.
Yes, that is the basic idea, but it should not be limited to website
usage
and it should be possible to retrieve attributes such as "is this a verified licensed hamradio operator". The user list could contain outsiders, unverified hams and verified hams, and the facilities available to them could be different. E.g. a user who is not a verified ham would not be able
to
use an Echolink-like service, but they could read and contribute to a
mailinglist.
The service should offer some different APIs, e.g. RADIUS for
user/password
authentication and maybe something like OpenID for website logon.
When a user has a valid account, he should be able to obtain client certificates for use in services where that is appropriate. The PKI design has to be careful, with some attention to detail a lot of mishaps can be avoided. This requires expertise in the matter.
Rob
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