[CQ-Contest] cheating with packet

[Julius Fazekas]

Tom,

Like everything else, that can be tricked as well.

You'll recall K1TTT and others posting spot
information from specific nodes. It's possible to
spoof these things.

Even "secure" networks can be hacked.

Mankind is very creative ;o)

73,
Julius
n2wn

--- Tom Osborne <w7why at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Steve et al
> 
> If you connect to packet, doesn't it show who you
> are when you are 
> connected?
> 
> When I connect, it says 'Hi' to me as it knows who I
> am.  73
> 
> Tom W7WHY
> 
> 
> >If I jump from my run frequency over to one of the
> stations in my band map 
> > >and then back again, AND someone just spotted the
> guy, how is a piece of 
> > >software going to know I'm NOT using Packet?
> >
> > 73 Steve K0SR
> > 
> 
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Julius Fazekas
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