[Dx-qsl] SSL added to MyQsl Service

[w4sco at sco-inc.org]

This is a HOBBY. What should we do, require hams to submit a sample of
their DNA with their cards? Yes most things can be forged. Thats why
there  is a crime called forgery.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] SSL added to MyQsl Service
> From: DX-QSL <dx-qsl at m5aav.org.uk>
> Date: Tue, December 18, 2007 1:47 pm
> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
> 
> Quoting from the message of Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:43:38 -0800 from Terry
> <terry at kk6t.com> :
> 
> > 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
> 
> I thought [open to correction] that eQSL need a licence copy 
> 
> And that system gets abused from what I have heard.
> 
> UK Licences are not signed, just as an aside, and are now easily
> 'hacked'. I have 3 legitimate ones here, and apart from minor details
> they are identical. Also you have no way of knowing  that a supplied
> [UK] licence copy is valid or even has been really issued as you have
> nothing to compare its details against. [UK callbook is up to 18 months
> out of date. Half the UK amateurs information is witheld, and qrz.com is
>  no good for that purpose]
> 
> Graham
> 
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