Hasan,

No. An insecure algorithm, that no-one has had any opportunity to review
due to the source code for the superfox binaries not being published, has
made it no more difficult than it previously was for the pirates.

Jonathan, GI3JMC


On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 2:03 PM Hasan N0AN <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yes, congratulations are in order. You have now made it easy for the
> Pirates, before it was somewhat more difficult.
> Way to go.
> Hasan
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 7:31 AM Jonathan McComb via wsjt-devel <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hasan,
>>
>> Did you actually take the time to read **and understand** the blog post I
>> linked, and the contents of the similar discussions (linked below)
>> regarding the superfox binaries in the mailing list?
>>
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/wsjt-devel/thread/ZoMmzGysLjXJ5B2O%40msg.df7cb.de/#msg58790775
>>
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/wsjt-devel/thread/CAH3sL-bVdgxXz44T1U%2BCVvi9rXCfwur%2BoM-ws7yKcZkAw1u3Fw%40mail.gmail.com/#msg58797048
>>
>> Jonath*a*n, GI3JMC
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 12:59 PM Hasan N0AN <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Jonathon,
>>> Then don't use SuperFox
>>> Hasan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 5:25 AM Jonathan McComb via wsjt-devel <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2024/07/24/superflawed/
>>>>
>>>> The Superfox mode uses security by obscurity, (which is never a good
>>>> thing) by failing to publish any source code for the dedicated superfox
>>>> binaries to allow for peer review. It is exceptionally misguided.
>>>>
>>>> Amateur Radio should be available to everyone to use, without having
>>>> software functions/features hidden behind a gatekeeping organisation
>>>> (Northern California DX Foundation).  A more cynical person would surmise
>>>> that this is a first step to making the feature a paid one.
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan, GI3JMC
>>>>
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