[CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Does nobody remember, just a few years ago, that the CQWW Committee 
dispatched observers to physically look over the shoulders of 
top-scoring ops.  Fortunately, once was enough.  Also, let's not 
overstate the problem.  RBN spots are not affected (at least not so 
far), and on CW they account for over 99 percent of total spots.

What we need, particularly on SSB, is either the unmasking of the 
perpetrator - if it's just one - or implementation of IP-based blocking 
of spoofed spots as soon as they are detected.  I've been told that AR 
Custer V6 nodes don't record the IPs of spot sources, which might 
require a little piece of middleware to log the IPs and block spots from 
questionable IPs.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/5/2021 4:21 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
> Chris, it’s way more important than that.
>
> Interpol is needed.  And on site detectives at all our stations.
>
>
>
> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
> ________________________________
> From: CQ-Contest<cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com at contesting.com>  on behalf of Christian Schneider<prickler.schneider at t-online.de>
> Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 4:33:41 AM
> To:cq-contest at contesting.com  <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots
>
> >From the sideline:
> Do will still speak about a hobby or are we close to bring in FBI and
> the likes for spot fraud investigations?
> 73, Chris DL8MBS
>
> Am 04.12.2021 um 22:26 schrieb Martin, LU5DX:
>> How does the ARRL validate the authenticity of the data uploaded to LoTW?
>> Same method could be applied here.
>> The network should only allow trafic from users who have completed KYC, and
>> authenticate with either, certificates SSH keys, 2FA, etc.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Martín, LU5DX
>>
>> El sáb., 4 dic. 2021 13:34, Barry W2UP<w2up.co at gmail.com>  escribió:
>>
>>> Let's put things in perspective.  Multi-billion dollar corporations can't
>>> stop Rachel from Cardholder Services.  How are we going to stop this?
>>>
>>> Barry W2UP
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 11:29 AM Randy Thompson<k5zd at outlook.com>  wrote:
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