Cool! Please publish the specs. How secure it it? SSL? TLS 1.2 (or better)? Will there be accommodations for upgrades as security problems are found? Does it do ipv6 (which is rapidly becoming a requirement)?
My concern is this - we are putting a rather powerful transceiver on the internet. With Telnet or any other non-secure format/protocol there is a lot of potential for someone to take over the data stream and use the transceiver for their use. Even with secure protocols there has been a very poor record of vulnerabilities and other problems taking over computers, breaking in for information or other problems. Exposing a ham transceiver to this endangers your license and our spectrum. Anything that is not secure should not come close to a radio. Today that means TLS 1.2 and full security. And updates to fix bugs as they are exposed. We are at the beginning of the age of IOT, the Internet Of Things. There are many very good manufacturers working on chips and interfaces for embedded devices - refrigerators, lights, cars, and even ham transceivers. These will be secure and will accommodate the requirements I describe above and many more in a way that allows us to simply expand the radios we have now with new cards. This stuff is starting to come to market now - I would suggest we are a year to two off from adding them to our devices. Then we need to convince the ham software developers to start adding support for them in all the flavors that already exist. I suspect that won’t be very difficult when they find a willing market. Good luck with your venture. I’d love to see it when it becomes available. We need to see things like this to interest hams, show them (and us) what is possible, advance the state of the art and even to expose vulnerabilities with current schemes so we can all do (and demand) better. - Jack, W6FB p.s. Yeah, security is THAT important. > On Jul 19, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II <b...@wjschmidt.com> > wrote: > > I have a prototype Ethernet interface running inside my K3 right now... > simple replacement for the KIO3 board. I posted a couple of times > suggesting it but was completely ignored so I build my own. It's just a pic > with Ethernet capabilities and replaces the functions of the KIO3 completely > and more. It will be available commercially soon... > > > Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ > > Owner - Operator > Big Signal Ranch - K9ZC > Staunton, Illinois > > Owner - Operator > Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ > Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. > Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com > > email: b...@wjschmidt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul > Christensen > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 2:24 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] K3/K3s Ethernet Interface > > This inquiry is directed to both the Elecraft leadership team as well as > K3/K3s owners who may have an interest in native Ethernet connectivity. In > searching through the list archives, I noted that some K3 owners had > previously expressed an interest in an Ethernet option - and some owners > have been disappointed that the new K3s and KIO3B board does not include > Ethernet connectivity. > > > > A bit of background: for the past few months, N4CC and I have been operating > a remote Internet station that's located near the FL/GA state line. Our > setup includes a K3 and RemoteRig at the remote site and either a K3 or > K3-mini at the control locations. Since the installation, we've experienced > almost no operating trouble and any issues that have developed are managed > remotely though direct and back-door network access points. > > > > Last week, I made some internal changes to the K3 and also added an > external USB data interface device for RTTY. What's apparent is that cable > management is getting way out of control. To gain inside access to the K3 > almost requires a meditation exercise before going in. Consider that a PR6 > is mounted to the back of the K3. The rear of the K3 is an absolute rat's > nest of cabling. With the RemoteRig and PR6, It was bad enough before the > inclusion of the external USB sound car/interface, but now it's bordering on > ridiculous. Moreover, RemoteRig does not allow clean access to the K3's > ACC DB-15 connector for other purposes such as FSK keying. Sure, the > connector can be opened to access pins, but it requires a wiring break-out, > leading to yet a further rat's nest of cabling. > > > > To help deal with the cabling issues, I am replacing the external PR6 with > the new KXVB3 board. Next, a KIO3B board will be added when it's available > to existing K3 owners. That should eliminate the external sound card > interface and clear up much of the cabling mess, but not all of it. > > > > The Holy Grail is an Ethernet interface that includes (optional) integrated > RemoteRig hardware - just one interface board [e.g., KIO3E(thernet) board] > that manages K3 Ethernet connectivity with or without RemoteRig attributes. > Don't need Ethernet? Then don't get the board. Since the RemoteRig hardware > is mature and consumes little circuit board space and DC current, perhaps it > would be worth opening up a discussion with RemoteRig's designer since > Elecraft already has a close relationship with Microbit. I know rear > panel real estate is a concern, so it won't be easy to add yet another > connector without adversely affecting other connectivity. Thoughts? > > > > Paul, W9AC > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to b...@wjschmidt.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jackbrin...@me.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
