[OZAPRS] aprs.net down?

[Dave Horsfall]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Richard Hoskin wrote:

> The VK APRS-IS servers were badly hacked a few years ago. To stop this 
> happening again some aggressive software was installed which blocks IP 
> addresses to the servers that the software thinks is a threat. 
> Unfortunately the software gets it wrong sometimes.

"Badly hacked", eh?  Wouldn't it be easier all around to use software that

does not require extra layers to be installed?

You cannot glue on security as an afterthought; it must be built-in.

> If you are blocked changing your IP address will get you back in. One 
> advantage of having a dynamic IP address. Or wait until the blocked IP 
> address is timed out and let back in.

A dynamic IP address?  Yep, and get yourself blocked from a good chunk
of the world's servers...

-- Dave
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