[Dx-qsl] SSL added to MyQsl Service

Tue Dec 18 13:24:33 EST 2007

 Both of your arguments have merit, But the Fact remains that the ARRL is 
the one that issues the main Awards,( at least the ones I am interested in,) 
and they aren't going to anyone else in there game, " My Opinion again " is 
that they are a business there to make money not so much as to promote the 
hobby, a Business, 1st and foremost.
 I hate to pay the higher and higher cost of postage. BUT I choose the 
hobby so I choose the cost associated with it. Yes LOTW has issues. Doesn't 
everything ?
 If you can get a system going that's acceptable More power to you. and YES 
I too believe that one can fake a card no problem. So maybe, this whole 
thing is a mute point. Maybe we should all ask why we cant do this on a 
gentleman's agreement.
 Joey
 Mr Richard J. Fiero II
A.R.S. W5TFW
Em-40 DXCC VUCC
www.w5tfw.com
www.6mt.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Douglas" <n7dc at vabb.com>
To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] SSL added to MyQsl Service
> >From the responses, it appears to me that no one WANTS a new system to 
> >work.
> Why are we being negative toward an attempt to improve exchanges of cards?
> There were lots (and still are) of complaints against LOTW and eQSL as 
> well.
> And both of them work, for what they are.
>> How about some positive suggestions on how to get a printed QSL from the 
> DX
> to us, without the expensive mails services, the costs of stamps, IRCs or
> green stamps, and the long period of time between requests and receipts?
> Today, even legal documents can be sent (and legally accepted by
> authorities) by electronic means. If a fax can be accepted as legal
> documentation for such things as birth, death, marriage certificates,
> insurance paperwork, deeds, etc. why must something such as a simple
> postcard for a hobby be such a scarey tought? There is not a one of us, 
> on
> this group email, that cant simply set down and fake any card we wish, 
> then
> send it in for acceptance. Its Our trustworthiness keeping us from it, 
> and
> for those who would fake any electronic card, there would be no difference
> between that and what they may already be doing.
>>> Danny Douglas
> N7DC
> ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
> SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB
> All 2 years or more (except Novice)
> Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred,
> I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for
> those who do.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mr. Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW" <w5tfw at cox.net>
> To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] SSL added to MyQsl Service
>>>> more Spam !
>>>>>> Mr Richard J. Fiero II
>> A.R.S. W5TFW
>> Em-40 DXCC VUCC
>> www.w5tfw.com
>> www.6mt.com
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Terry" <terry at kk6t.com>
>> To: <w4sco at sco-inc.org>
>> Cc: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] SSL added to MyQsl Service
>>>>>> > You're creating a false sense of security here. All you're insuring is
>> > that the person that registered is the person uploading & downloading.
>> > Until you implement some way to insure that the person registering is
> the
>> > legal owner of the callsign it's a sham.
>> >
>> > 73 de Terry KK6T
>> >
>> > w4sco at sco-inc.org wrote:
>> >> In response to concerns about the security level of qsl cards 
>> >> exchanged
>> >> via MyQsl Service I have added SSL to the website. This results in a
> new
>> >> URL ... https://www.myqsl.cc. This should make it virtually impossible
>> >> for anyone other than the registered Hams (with their callsigns) to
>> >> upload and download qsl cards via the system.
>> >>
>> >> I am considering also asking users of the service to provide a copy of
>> >> their signed ham license to prove that they are in fact the ham they
> say
>> >> they are when they register. This would mean that only licensed hams
> are
>> >> uploading and downloading cards on the system.
>> >> Les W4SCO
>> >>
>> >>
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> also
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
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> also
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>>>>>>>> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
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