On 2/18/21 11:12 AM, John Gilmore via 44Net wrote:
pete M via 44Net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote:
Could there be a way that we can have some block of 16 or 32 address accessible from a simple wireguard link that would be created by a request to the portal?
I agree that our current methods of connecting new hams are pretty klunky and could use some improvement.
We could do as you suggest, but if the wireguard traffic ever was transmitted over ham frequencies, that would make that new ham liable for violating their country's laws against encrypted traffic.
When you have a wireguard link over internet to some router that is connected to 44Net, and transmit traffic over that, no encrypted traffic is ever going to go over amateur frequencies. The router will decrypt the traffic before forwarding it to its destination.
There is no need to relate the use of encrypted tunnels (over internet) to any regulations about encryption on ham frequencies. I don't think there exist any regulations that would forbid this use of encryption.
Rob