Shutdown of SOTAWatch2 - March 25

[K9EZ]

@MM0FMF

elgur.crabdance.com : 7300

I opened Log4OM today and the Crabdance URL was not working?

[MM0FMF]

@K9EZ

was not working

Not working how?
Fails to resolve?
Fails to respond when trying to login?
Fails to return spots?

Not working doesn’t really help me fix things. I reset it anyway.

[K9EZ]

Im sorry. It must have been a temporary thing on my end. I was not connecting but is now. Go figure.

[MM0FMF]

What I have noticed is that some DNS services now think crabdance.com domain maybe ‘iffy’. I can no longer connect to any crabdance.com service (those I own and others) via my work internet access. Also I have had big issues in the past when trying to connect from friends internet where they use BTinternet and have not disabled the porn filters. I guess as you can get crabdance.com domain resolution for free, some less desirable types have misused it and now the service is considered dodgy.

I hope to get the cluster moved onto something like dxclus.sota.org.uk (dont click it, it will not work !!!) but we still have some background work to do this.

[VK3ARR]

@VK3ARR

Looking at the logs, a number of people have not updated to the latest versions of some apps that support spotting by the API:

VK Port-a-Log: Latest version (Gisborne_02) supports API2 spotting. @HB9EIZ @HB9BIN @WA7JTM please update to the latest version.
SOTA Spotter: @LA5WNA

@HA2VR I have no idea what client you are using to post spots on your iPhone, but given it’s sending your password as part of the URL query, I’d suggest you switch to something new, like the newest version of SOTAGoat.

@VK3ARR

To repeat, spotLite will continue to operate in the short to medium term, however, you will need to switch to your SW3 username/password after the cutover and HTTPS access will be enforced, so some clients may not handle this. I’m not going to apologise about this, as clients using spotLite transmit your password in unencrypted HTTP to the server, which is just not acceptable any more.

My plan will be to turn on HTTPS permanently, with SW3 passwords on April 6.

[VK3ARR]

@VK3ARR

My plan will be to turn on HTTPS permanently, with SW3 passwords on April 6.

This is now enabled. Any users of spotlite will need to use SW3 username and passwords instead of SW2 passwords, and any client referring to the HTTP endpoint will need to follow the redirect to HTTPS.

(awaits complaints patiently)

With that, every single location in SOTAdom is now HTTPS protected

[VK3ZPF]

@VK3ARR

Any users of spotlite will need to use SW3 username and passwords instead of SW2 passwords, and any client referring to the HTTP endpoint will need to follow the redirect to HTTPS.

Complaints? I see none.
Early versions of VK port-a-log have failed due to the https redirects. This means no rss feed for incoming spots and no access to spotlite for outgoing spots.
VK port-a-log Gisborne_02 is working fine