Consider supporting APRS messaging

[mbe...@gmail.com]

I would appreciate any integration of sending APRS messages from aprs.fi. We can already read them, but sending them would be a nice plus.

Currently the few sites that do support this are either messy or have poor UI.

[jeep2liberty]

If done carefully to authenticate the user, this could be a nice feature. How would you authenticate the user?

[Heikki Hannikainen]

On Sun, 21 Feb 2016, jeep2liberty wrote:

> If done carefully to authenticate the user, this could be a nice feature. How would you authenticate the user?

One option I've been considering is accepting messaging (and data deletion
requests) from clients which have a valid ARRL LotW (Logbook of the world)
X.509 certificate installed in their web browser. Or a valid X.509
certificate from some other trustworthy organisation (other clubs or
leagues, or other organisations/teams which are already doing license
validation) which has confirmed that the user in fact has an amateur radio
license.

- Hessu

[Nosey Nick VA3NNW]

If done carefully to authenticate the user, this could be a nice feature. How would you authenticate the user?

'course just knowing a short non-cryptographic APRS-IS passcode number is enough to get APRS messages directly into any other APRS-IS node   :-/

Nick VA3NNW