Security has many facets - encryption is only one.
For instance, it should be perfectly fine to use one-time passwords to authenticate and authorise access over-the-air, as there is no information that is being encrypted or obscured, as long as the actual information being exchanged is in the clear.
At least this is how I understand it for Canada and the US - I do not know if this is acceptable world-wide.
We all have to be aware of our local laws and only transmit data that fits those. This is not easy when interconnecting with the internet, where most everything is going encrypted these days - and increasing.
- Richard, VE7CVS
On 12/8/21 8:00 PM, Steve L via 44Net wrote:
Okay so we will leave the over the air regulations part out of the discussion.
What I see is that "secure communications" are mostly dictated by the user end applications. So I don't feel that it really has anything to do with ARDC, as technically they just administer the IP space (not really even the networks). However if you are suggesting best (secure) practices for interconnecting the proposed points of presence, then that could be a valid discussion topic, and that would be best discussed with those on that committee.
There was a good idea, basically an IETF for ham radio a while back, and it's website or formal name escapes me ( I am sure someone will chime in). That would likely be a good way to address your concerns. I feel your idea has to be a concept presented to a number of user and application software developers.
Steve