Subj : packet radio
To   : SPACEMAN SPIFF
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 08 2005 05:06 am

  >Hmmm, will all the users be HAMs or will it be Third party Traffic and you a
  >the control op?

  I know this wasn't originally addressed to me, but the reason I liked
that packet door that W4KGU did was that:

1) A control file contains the name, callsign with SSID, and license
class for those users authorized to access the door. If the callers name
isn't in that control file...even if it is in the dropfile, the door
won't let them in.

2) If they are found in that control file, the callsign for the TNC is
changed from the Sysops callsign to that of the user.

3) The door then opens a capture file to record everything that the user
does, for possible enforcement, if needed. Otherwise, it's like the user
had the TNC in their shack.

4) When the user exits the door, the callsign is changed back to the
Sysops, the capture file is closed, and any TNC parameter changes are
reset back to default values.

5) If the TNC is offline for some reason, in use by the Sysop at the
host console, or by another caller, the program alerts callers to such.

6) With it, I could work packet remotely over the BBS...as long as I
could dial-in. But with the new telnet setup, and the way the door was
programmed, I haven't been able to work with it. See my other message on
this.

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