[CQ-Contest] Is there any HTTP cluster streams (not telnet)?

[N4ZR]

I'm curious - why is Telnet "a fact of history"?  It seems to work fine 
for most of us.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/5/2019 2:35 PM, Sterling Mann wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> Following up on the status of your project. I was at a hamfest recently and
> talked to a guy about telnet's deprecation and it reminded me of your
> pub/sub idea. Understandable if bigger fish came by to fry but if you have
> anything source you could share. i know of a few codemonkeys who could
> help.
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Sterling N0SSC
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:37 PM Gerry Hull <gerry at yccc.org> wrote:
>
>> I believe Sterling is looking for an end-user solution.  The problem with
>> running telnet on port 80 is that it is the well-known http port.  You can
>> telnet to http and vice versa, but it would not be much fun.
>>
>> I'm working on a pub/sub service that has an http service endpoint.  I'll
>> provide a windows app client that will give you spots on telnet using
>> localhost (127.0.0.1).
>> It should be ready in the next week or so.
>>
>> For those techies out there, I'm running a RabbitMQ instance on a beefy
>> VPS that my AB5K cluster is running on.
>>
>> Distributed pub/sub is where DX spots should be going; telnet is a fact of
>> history.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Gerry W1VE
>> dxc.w1ve.com
>>
>> On Wed, May 22, 2019, 8:30 AM rjairam at gmail.com <rjairam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.dxcluster.co.uk/api
>>>
>>> A lot of APIs in there.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Ria, N2RJ
>>>
>>> On Tue, 21 May 2019 at 19:44, Sterling Mann <kawfey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> In a nutshell, I'm on a network that blocks non-standard ports including
>>>> telnet, making it a pain to use DX cluster since I can only access web
>>>> clients like DXsummit.fi. Before I go down the route of begging for
>>>> telnet/non standard port access, is anyone aware of any development of
>>> HTTP
>>>> cluster streams? Or maybe a telnet cluster on port 80?
>>>>
>>>> I lack networking expertise so go easy on me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sterling N0SSC
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