[arm-allstar] Great to hear the success!

[Jim Kutsch, KY2D]

Doug and all,

Although the firewall in the latest release hasn't caused any problems here,
I still recommend leaving it off and including the warning you suggest.

 

73,, jim

 

 

From: arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org
[mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf Of Doug Crompton
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:35 AM
To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Subject: [arm-allstar] Great to hear the success!

 

Wow. It sounds like several BBB nodes have come online just in the last day
or so. Thanks for the comments and I am very glad that you all have been so
successful. I tried to make the notes as clear as possible and I will be
tweaking and adding to them as time goes on. It is also great to hear the
about the additional projects involving the BBB and Allstar that many of you
are pursuing. 

I have a question for the beta group. We put a firewall in the last beta
release that I believe you all now have. The reason was because someone
expressed a concern with security. I am not convinced this is needed as it
did not exist in the PC version and no one ever seemed to complain. In most
all cases the BBB would be preceded by an Internet router that would act as
a firewall. You would have the option to open the ports in your router to
the Internet that you desire.

I have had at least one user have a problem with the firewall and to
alleviate potential problems I am proposing leaving it off by default with a
note that the user can activate and configure it if desired. This would
eliminate any potential problems that might crop up. Personally I would
leave it off but I know there are some who may not feel that way.

Comments??

Also the official release has been delayed yet again because we want to get
some code in that is not quite finished. Unfortunately we have other things
in our lives we have to contend with and this is a very busy time of the
year! So as of now we are looking at the end of next week for the official
release. Hopefully that will not slip again.

73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio

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