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After a long wait, the next build is out. The SSL interface to APRS-IS should be working again, as long as your Logbook Of The World certificate is current (if not, get it renewed).

next beta build#148 of YAAC ("Yet Another APRS Client"), created 2020-Mar-26

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changes and updates include:
1. more improvements in OpenStreetMap importer, including support for
coastline shapefiles and attempting to fix tiling of large bodies
of water.
2. add more debugging code in case plugins are flaky.
3. fix NullPointerException with Tx I-gated packets.
4. add support for still-in-development speech recognition plugin.
5. don't report NullPointerExceptions when processing GPSD packets
before the GPS receiver has acquired the constellation almanac.
6. ensure optional Help button in error message dialog has focus if
it is included in the dialog.
7. handle prompting for and processing handshake of Winlink password
8. add ability to display public key certificates used for accessing
APRS-IS over SSL/TLS connections.
9. fix APRS-IS over SSL port driver, add option to allow encrypted
communications in case the APRS-IS server got a security upgrade
and won't allow the YAAC-default NULL cipher for communication
with the server, improve error reporting when the problem is
an expired certificate, and add support for config re-import.
10. remove spurious error message when configuring SSL-APRS-IS port.
11. add ability to type in weather station model code for WXNOW.TXT
port driver, so weather station models not listed in the (rather
old) APRS Protocol Specification can be reported in their weather
reports.
12. ensure APRS-IS server passcode is cleared when re-importing
configurations.
13. fix beacon position report packet to not include weather data if
there isn't an open weather station port (so as to prevent
transmitting stale weather data indefinitely if a weather
interface fails). Note this may cause problems if the weather
station clock is significantly off.
14. fix minor glitches in conguration re-importer.
15. attempt to fix Outernet port driver URLs for reading the Outernet
receiver's webserver.
16. collect performance statistics on WXNOW.TXT port driver, attempt to
handle file lock collision with writing application.
17. fix ADSB decoder to work around a API problem.
18. fix startup bug for Icom CI-V control in repeater finder plugin.
19. add speech plugin support to repeater finder plugin.
20. make repeater finder able to speak tuning changes if sounds
plugin is also installed.
21. add speech plugin support to small screen plugin.

Hi Andrew.

Re:-

After a long wait, the next build is out. The SSL interface to APRS-IS
should be working again, as long as your Logbook Of The World
certificate is current (if not, get it renewed).

And for those of us who do not use LoTW, nor want to?

73.

Dave G8KBV.


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Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software:

Well, if you want to connect to the APRS-IS backbone using SSL (and only if using SSL), you need the LotW certificate and key (because the ARRL's Certificate Authority is currently the only recognized CA for APRS-IS-over-SSL, to ensure the certificate holder is also an amateur radio licensee). But you can still connect using the old passcode interface (which does not require an SSL certificate, just the completely compromised passcode).

All I did regarding APRS-IS in this build was to fix the SSL interface to recognize newer server-side certificates and allow use of encrypted connections if someone upgraded the SSL/TLS library on the APRS-IS Tier 2 gateway and didn't remember to re-enable the NULL (non-encrypting) cipher (since non-encrypted connections by definition would be considered insecure by the IT industry, and so this cipher is disabled by default). Plus I allowed people to look at their certificate and see if it was expired, and better reported the error for expired server-side certificates (i.e., non-updated Tier 2 servers).

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
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Subject: Re: [yaac-users] next beta build#148 of YAAC, created 2020-Mar-26

Hi Andrew.

Re:-

After a long wait, the next build is out. The SSL interface to APRS-IS
should be working again, as long as your Logbook Of The World
certificate is current (if not, get it renewed).

And for those of us who do not use LoTW, nor want to?

73.

Dave G8KBV.

--
Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software: