[aprssig] Findu Messaging

[Steve Dimse]

On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:49 PM, Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote:
>
> The q constructs show a little info.
>
>  WA6NWP>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,FIRST::WA7NWP :it is always like that in  
> nigeria
>
>> There are many ways messages can get to the APRS IS, not just findU.
>> Most have absolutely no traceability, unlike findU.
>
> They are all traceable..  It's just there is absolutely no guarantee
> that the trace is valid.

Well, the "trace" shows the packet entered the APRS IS at  
first.aprs.net. None of the APRS IS hub programs keep logs that even  
keep track of where people were logged on at a given time, much less  
where each packet came from. So yes, if your idea of a trace is to  
first, then you are right. I use trace to mean to identify who, or at  
least an IP, a message comes from. And you are right that even this is  
not reliable.

> Much like the qCodes - an originating IP number would give some
> suggestion of where messages, bogus or not, were coming from...   It
> would be, at the least, interesting.

I'm able to tell the IP of any message sent through findU's message  
page as long as someone asks within a week or two. Very few packets on  
the APRS IS can be traced that specifically.

> I didn't know TCPXX and qAX were no longer on the game plan.  It looks
> like a new word was even invented.

Which word, deprecated? In case you or others are unfamiliar, that is  
in common use in computer science for something which is supported  
now, but not recommended and not guaranteed to work in the future.

Steve K4HG