Martin, VK2UMJ wrote:

Until the IRLP 'contest' started and then you'd all be sitting there in your
rocking chairs, wondering what the hell was happening and then whinging that
nobody had even bothered to tell you that it was on!


Well, thats probably true!

And it is also probably true to say that there has been several times
the amount of activity on this newsgroup than on the said "contest".


--
Chris

"Chris Kirby" wrote in message
...
nana wrote:


Certainly, the Echolink system has it's weeknesses, but it isn't under
discussion here, IRLP is. And that's part of the issue, the confusion, or
lack of understanding of the vital security differences between the two
systems.



What's "vital" about security? Is someone going to get hurt?

As has been said many times before, anyone with or without a licence
can invent a callsign and go "on-air". Once they done that, the IRLP
network is just as easy to access as any other frequency. All this PGP
authentication between nodes is just a spin-off from the fact that
Dave Cameron invented the system primarily as a VOIP system to replace
land-lines for commercial applications. It is quite unnecessary on the
ham bands.


--
Chris

Yes, and the security was designed in so that services like the RCMP could
use it without fear of internet hackers entering the linked system. Since
Dan kept raising the issue of WWW users appearing on air, then it is
pertinent that he should understand his error.

Brad.

In article , Chris Kirby wrote:
nana wrote:


Certainly, the Echolink system has it's weeknesses, but it isn't under
discussion here, IRLP is. And that's part of the issue, the confusion, or
lack of understanding of the vital security differences between the two
systems.



What's "vital" about security? Is someone going to get hurt?

As has been said many times before, anyone with or without a licence
can invent a callsign and go "on-air". Once they done that, the IRLP
network is just as easy to access as any other frequency. All this PGP
authentication between nodes is just a spin-off from the fact that
Dave Cameron invented the system primarily as a VOIP system to replace
land-lines for commercial applications. It is quite unnecessary on the
ham bands.



The entry level to pirate on an IRLP node requires a radio. PGP
is equally used in the Commercial IRLP systems as on Amateur Radio.

Unnecessary, thats one point of view. The other is, another good demonstration
of how PGP can be used to authenticate computers on the internet.
IRLP uses bi-directional authentication with PGP...so your not going
to masquerade...

Would you prefer PGP authentication or a QRZ database lookup ?
You decide.............

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:40:22 +1100, "Martin, VK2UMJ"
wrote:

Bloody whinging poms - if YOU personally don't have an interest, or the
abilities, to use IRLP then please do the world a favour and just SHUT THE
HELL UP!! The entire world does NOT bow down to the wishes and desires of
the UK, despite what you may think.... It isn't the good old days of the
colonies when people actually gave a rats what pommies had to say...

There, there. Go and lie down in a dark room for a few hours. It'll
feel much better in the morning.
:-)))

73 de G3NYY


He goes Walty again, **TROLLING** for the day

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:46:31 +1100, G-S wrote:

This way the republic is still on the agenda and there is likely to be
another referendum in the medium term (say the next 20 years), with a good
chance it'll include a directly elected president (or Judge Advocate
General) or whatever you want to call the re-named directly elected
replacement for the govenor general.

How did we get here from a single, vacuous posting about IRLP
nonsense?
;-)

73 de G3NYY

*******************************TROLL************** *************

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:10:04 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:


73 de G3NYY

*********************************TROLL************ *************

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:27:27 GMT, "jim.gm4dhj"
wrote:

Walt wrote:

Dear Simple Simon,

I'll pass on your comments to G3NNY. (John is a friend of mine.)
I'm sure he won't know what you're raving on about, however.


I blame the heat.........

I blame the witchetty grubs ........

73 de G3NYY

************************************TROLL********* ***********************

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:45:45 GMT, "jim.gm4dhj"
wrote:

I blame the fact that they are up-side-down........and neighbours/home and
away......

I blame their parents ... for dropping them on their heads when they
were babies.

73 de G3NYY


Irrelevant to Amateur Radio...*****************TROLL******************** **

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:17:41 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

Well you see in Australian males at birth, the brain is found in a
different body cavity, to where it is in other species. So it is
traditional for the parents of the new-born baby, to drop it on its
head in the usually vain hope the brain will drop down from that
cavity, into the head.

Ideally before the baby passes its first motion and the brain is lost
forever.

Nick.

ROTFLMAO!!!!

73 de G3NYY


******** ONGOING BULL**** FROM TROLL AND FRIENDS*****************************

"Ashley VK3HAG" wrote:

: 1st International IRLP Contest 2005


next...

first international telephone contest.


competitors to ring up as many internation phone numbers as possible.
exchange greetings.


itemised telephone bills to be submitted as log file.