[Xastir] Server Port Authentication?

[Gerry Creager n5jxs]

I'd be thinking 'javAPRSrvr' as an addition, running in the background, 
and connecting all Xastir nodes to it.  Connect to the history port and 
dump away.

Part of the "correct, small program for the job" philosophy...

gerry

Josh Keller wrote:
> Thank you everyone for the responses, that got it working for me.
> 
> Initially I'm just trying to get 3 different laptops connected for SAR. The
> idea was that we could have one for comms, one for planning, and one for
> possibly logistics. The one in comms would be hooked to a TNC and getting
> updates from teams in the field. The other 2 could be linked via 802.11b and
> get their updates from the comms system.
> 
> The reason for authentication was so that planning and whoever else had the
> 3rd system could add objects for the others to see. TX will be disabled on
> the comms unit so we would not have to worry about who uses it. 
> 
> The other reason is that I am slowly working on a radio logging setup and
> would like to be able to have that automatically inject the coordinates into
> Xastir as they are logged so there is no need to type them twice or write
> them on scratch paper then enter them into the computer.
> 
> On a somewhat related note, is adding a feature that flushes the
> items/objects to the server port right away possible, maybe have a "grab
> history on connect" checkbox for the internet server? That way if planning
> were to connect later in the day they could grab the whole map instead of
> waiting for the updates? Or would it be better to just move the updates down
> to every couple of minutes since it's all going over the network not RF? 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt, WE7U [mailto:archer at eskimo.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 09:47
> To: Josh Keller
> Cc: xastir at xastir.org
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Server Port Authentication?
> 
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Josh Keller wrote:
> 
> 
>>I was reading through the docs and help files, and tried looking through
> 
> the
> 
>>source but I'm not nearly experienced enough to decipher it yet, and I
> 
> can't
> 
>>find information on the server port authentication. The help does indicate
>>that in order to send things back to the server port it needs to be
>>authenticated, and indicates the type of command that should be sent.
>>However, it doesn't offer any help on how to setup the authentication
> 
> system
> 
>>on the actual server.how to specify users and passwords that are accepted.
>>
>>
>>
>>Is this somewhere in the docs or help and I'm just missing it, or can
>>someone provide some assistance?
> 
> 
> What exactly is it that you're trying to do?  Are you trying to
> authenticate to the internet servers, or are you trying to inject
> things into Xastir's server port?
> 
> The former is simple and described in the first response you
> received on this list.
> 
> The latter requires a bit more knowledge (although it's really the
> same sort of authentication as the former), but if you need help
> there I can probably help you.  Just let me know what language
> you're writing in.
> 
> --
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