I don't consider it a bummer Michael. I covered the encryption issue and would close off routing for RF routing to only AMPRnet sources and destinations. The encryption of email would be something I have not yet accounted for?
Tom
On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 00:43 Michael Fox - N6MEF n6mef@mefox.org wrote:
-----Original Message----- With all that said, is there anyone out there performing intermediate routing... what I mean is anyone running a tunneled gateway and performing routing for other subnets over RF.
I presume you mean routing other subnets over amateur radio frequencies.
We used to do that. But there are two main problems with it here in the US.
- Encryption. More than half of websites are now encrypted and the
percentage is growing every day. E-mail encryption is also on the rise. And encryption is not allowed over US amateur frequencies. So amateur frequencies are fast becoming impractical/irrelevant for real-world, mainstream network traffic.
Not trying to be a bummer. But the FCC regulations really squash creativity and innovation.
Michael N6MEF
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