16 Sep
2017
16 Sep
'17
6:21 p.m.
Brian,
There is another option. And I am kind of surprised it doesn't exist,
or maybe it does and I am not aware of it.
Someone who has a BGP announced allocation, like HamWan (for the US)
could create their own (open source) portal for remote (non RF-LAN)
users. They could also support things like OpenVPN in addition to
IPIP, etc. I envisioned a series of regional portals, where non-RF
users would hook up with the one closest to them. If you are in
Europe for instance, I am pretty sure there is someone over there with
a BGP announcement, and there could he a Europe portal for IPIP (and
possibly other types of connections) to register with rather than back
all the way to UCSD.
Kind of like the regional echolink server idea. I guess that is why I
originally asked if the portal Chris was working on would be open
source. Chris must have his reasons, let it rest. But nothing
prevents someone else from doing an open implementation of their own.
Maybe Brian Kantor can comment. But the other reason I was thinking
multiple regional portals was in relation to the continued status of
the UCSD gateway should he pass, or some other political thing with
the college. Seems Brian Kantor not only is dedicated with technical
talent all these years, but has also has started to secure the 44/8 's
future by creating a more legal frame work for it to survive (the ARDC
board, etc) Kudos to him. Either way I seem to think a more
distributed approach of possibly more than one portal makes sense?
Not sure how others feel about that. It requires effort, and I
believe in not shooting a guy in the foot that is doing something.
That is my .02
Steve, KB9MWR
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Bryan Fields <Bryan(a)bryanfields.net> wrote:
Please note, I'm replying onlist as Chris wants to
keep this "private" so
can't see how messed up this is.