[Xastir-dev] Server to server gating?

[russo at bogodyn.org]

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 12:43:33PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <kg4wsv at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
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> On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
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> > I believe server-to-server gating is not supposed to be done, as it  
> > can
> > cause loops that are a Bad Thing.  Also, it would be a Very Bad  
> > Thing if
> > folks were to gate between servers of different types (firenet and  
> > aprs-is,
> > for example).
> 
> 
> What about the case where the "server" is xastir running on my other  
> computer, and I'd like to get traffic to RF that way?  When the  
> students asked that was the use-case that came to mind, mostly because  
> I've wished I could do that before.

As long as you guard against the other cases, that could be a good 
functionality.  But there's a reason it's not there now, because mostly
"server" means APRS-IS or something like it.  It's pretty important not
to even allow the user to make the mistake of connecting multiple feeds
together.  If you're gonna allow xastir-xastir server cross-gating, you have 
to make sure that it isn't possible to do the other accidentally (or 
cluelessly, or maliciously...).

It's presactly because Xastir won't gate LAN data to RF that I run my
Sheevaplug TNC-sharing set-up.  Well, that and because it was fun.

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