[nos-bbs] polling?

[Gustavo Ponza]

And what about the *continued* exclusion of radio
amateurs to participate to the ampr.org gateways
only because they are not fortunate enough to own
a static internet IP address?

73, gus i0ojj

George [ham] VerDuin wrote:
> An interesting but disappointing thread Jim.
> 
> On 05/07/2012 04:55 PM, Jim Fuller (N7VR) wrote:
>>
>> Please be reminded that all 44.xx.xx.xx ampr.org addresses are under 
>> the Brian's Coordination.
>>
> Brian's responsibility and activity is way beyond reproach.
> Yet consider that others within our hobby (like yourself) can usefully 
> carry part of the ball when their effort fits into puzzle.
> 
> 
>> The polling has been curtailed.
>>
> Most likely the best thing under the circumstances.
> But consider what the perp was (!maybe!) after with the activity -- a 
> map of 44... network?
> 
> Only if I'm correct about his motivation, and using my own experience 
> with jnoswiki, there seems to be no comprehensive way to describe 44... 
> worldwide to someone who is not already a ...NOS node.  There are in 
> fact sub-pools of information like MI-DRG, but beyond the detail of 
> encap.txt there is little available to describe "who" is likely to 
> respond and what "path" might support my link.  IMHO theDUDE type 
> software [if properly configured] might just produce a reasonable piece 
> of information -- if the result were published maybe it could even 
> motivate improved interconnectivity and more network use beyond the 
> overhead of theDUDE.  In my neck of the world disuse is the 44... 
> networks principal enemy, and yet I live in a subnet where Jay publishes 
> an active node display of sorts -- thus you are welcome to disagree.
> 
> Yes I'm aware of how transient the map would be.  I'm also aware how 
> tempting it is to abandon ham radio in favor of strictly Internet 
> paths.  For the ham packet radio part of our hobby, I do view a network 
> map as a useful but missing display.
> 
> IMHO-2 the original question by Russ never produced the suggestion that 
> by using JNOS ACCESS that the perp could be screened out of a local 
> node.  Access doesn't work like iptables in preventing receipt of a 
> packet, but it does prohibit processing of a targeted packet. Yes I 
> could have responded myself...:-(   While such a response does little 
> for 44... network, it does directly answer the original query.
> 
> 
>> Jim Fuller
>>
> Cheers & 73
> Skip
> 
> PS: Will you be responding to my 4/15 off-reflector query?
> 
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