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what about allowing authentication, rather than encryption? like, let people send MAC-protected checksums and signatures to make plaintext verifiable. I think
by sterlind 3y ago
what about allowing authentication, rather than encryption? like, let people send MAC-protected checksums and signatures to make plaintext verifiable.
I think it'd open up the possibilities of like, weather balloons streaming their telemetry openly, while ensuring the data they're reporting hasn't been forged, or letting anyone send random commands to it.
- jcalvinowens 3y ago> what about allowing authentication, rather than encryption? like, let people send MAC-protected checksums and signatures to make plaintext verifiable. That's already allowed, and commonly done. 97.113(a)(4) doesn't say "no cryptography", it says (in part): >> No amateur station shall transmit [...] messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning. The scheme you're describing doesn't obscure the meaning of your transmissions, so it is perfectly legal. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D...
- gloyoyo 3y ago>> I like that part.
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