[Dxspider-support] Spider Nodes used by ROS to auto-spot

[Brendan Minish]

Can the user disable this auto-spot feature and is it enabled by
default ?

On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 19:55 +1000, VK3AMA wrote:
> This auto-spot (when logging a qso) behaviour was happening today when
> I tested ver 4.5.7 & latest ver 4.5.9
> 
> The previous flooding of the cluster (few weeks ago) occurred when the
> ROS software auto-spotted everything it decoded and used the one
> Cluster Node. That is what the deleted thread on the ROS site was
> about.
> de Laurie, VK3AMA
> 
> On 9/07/2010 7:22 PM, Brendan Minish wrote: 
> > Can anyone confirm if the latest version of ROS still auto-spots ?
> > 
> > the author of ROS deleted the thread about abusive cluster behaviour,
> > when I asked about this I was told 'The thread has been deleted because
> > the problem is fixed' 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 10:45 +0200, SM6U, Rickard wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi, thanks for the information. I've been noticing lots of rapid connect and disconnects lately, wich I found strange since our cluster is just a shell for the webcluster. 
> > > 
> > > Is it just me, or are most of the "targeted" clusters thoose who discussed the ROS-problem last time?
> > > 
> > > Will badword ROS asap and theb set up for registered users only when I return home from the SK9HQ event. Hope to work you during the weekend!
> > > 
> > > /SM6U, Rick
> > >  sector7.nu / sm6.se / sk6aw.net
> > > 
> > > 9 jul 2010 kl. 04:56 skrev VK3AMA <vk3ama at gmail.com>:
> > > 
> > >     
> > > > While researching ROS cluster spots arriving at HamSpots.net via the Cluster, I have discovered how the ROS software is auto-spotting to a list of nodes that may be of concern to the Node Sysops.
> > > > 
> > > > The following Spider Node addresses are hard-coded in the software.
> > > > 
> > > > dxc.us6iq.com
> > > > dxc.ham.hr
> > > > 9a0dxc.hamradio.hr
> > > > remo3.renet.ru
> > > > cluster.sk4bw.net
> > > > ax25.org
> > > > sk3w.se
> > > > sector7.nu
> > > > sm7gvf.dyndns.org
> > > > 
> > > > ROS software establishes a connection at startup using your callsign and varies which node it connects to, not always the same node.
> > > > 
> > > > When a qso is logged  a spot is auto generated (there is no option in ROS to turn this off that I could find) and the text of the spot is changed based on another hard-coded list of messages. This is obviously done to give the impression that the spot is sent from a human (unlike the past flooding of the network, same text and same node). No where in the ROS FAQ or User Guide is this behaviour documented.
> > > > 
> > > > I ran ROS in RX mode today, after a callsign was decoded, I hit the log button and it sent a spot to the cluster without permission with my name and call thanking the other station for the QSO.
> > > > 
> > > > A quick review of recent ROS spots shows the same nodes being used and similar style comments.
> > > > 
> > > > What other surprises are hidden in this software?
> > > > 
> > > > de Laurie, VK3AMA
> > > > 
> > > >       
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Brendan EI6IZ