Curt, I also STRONGLY suggest and support the solution that "Hessu" has developed as mentioned by John AB0OO.
Heikki Hannikainen OH7LZB (AKA Hessu) gave a talk on just this subject at the 2013 ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference that was held in Seattle Washington during September 2013. (Hmm, I wonder if that was near your QTH Curt? ;-) ) This entire talk is the subject of HamRadioNow "Episode 113 from the DCC: Authenticated Amateur Radio Web Services" that is available on YouTube.com at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQxtvvhf4K8 It is a video that runs 50 minutes and 25 seconds in total and if my memory serves me correctly Hessu does offer to assist others on a limited basis especially in the APRS world. While my LotW Certificate has expired and I do not plan on renewing it, or using LotW in any way, I do think it would be a good way to authenticate new members going forward. 73 Dave KB3EFS On 06/13/2014 12:49 PM, John Gorkos wrote: > Curt- > Not looking for work for you, but one option might be to look at the > work Hessu has done in using ARRL LOtW certificates as authentication > factors for Wiki log in. The process is fairly straightforward on the > server side, and you tell it to trust any client certificate signed by > the ARRL cert. In this way, the server has access to all of the > information in the Client Cert, including callsign, full name, etc. > > Again, I know that your time is much better spent coding Xastir than > monkeying around with HTTP servers, but it's a thought, and the ARRL has > really done all the hard work in terms of creating a cert pool and > issuing them to people who are "legit" ham radio operators... > > John Gorkos > AB0OO > > > On 6/13/14, 12:39 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote: >> I implemented Captcha's last night, then turned the new user account >> feature back on. Wiki's can end up with new spam logins even with that, >> but it's greatly reduced. I guess >> people actually employ others to get through the captcha's... >> >> If we start getting more than one or two new spam users a week I'll >> change the configs so new logins must be authorized by an admin. That >> should put an end to it. In fact I may just do that in any case! >> >> This captcha is easier (for humans) to get through than most I've seen. >> You see a series of dog and cat pics and must select all of the cat pics >> to get through. >> >> The only bug I've seen: The enlarged pic when you hover over them is >> too high on the frame, so the top of the pic gets cut off. Even so I >> was able to get through the captcha each and every time. >> > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- David A Aitcheson [email protected] Go Green! Print this email only when necessary. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
