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Authenticity Guaranteed » Secure upload of license scan? Aug 29, 2010 02:06 PM (Total replies: 4)

Thanks to both N4UFO and VE3OIJ for the great replies. Very thorough discussions, allaying my concerns. What is easy to lose sight of, as N4UFO so adeptly points out, is that the license information is "all out there" to begin with. The link to the FCC replacement license image was news to me!

And I agree with VE3OIJ comment that the value of the information is nearly zero. What is invaluable to me is the license itself. That's a matter of great personal pride, especially since that license was earned "the old fashioned way" with sit-down 20 WPM code exam at the FCC office in Chicago - a pretty good excursion for a 15-year old from Wisconsin in the early 70's.

There is just that feeling of "is the eQSL website/service as secure as it needs to be?" Note that I'm saying "as it needs to be" and not "as it can be". My take is that it probably is, given the kind of content that we are dealing with. After all, it's not our credit card numbers, it's our QSO data - many hard-earned, and certainly valuable to those chasing the awards (and I have quite a few earned the "old fashioned way" too!)

Thanks and 73, Dan N9XX
N9XX Dan Reese

Authenticity Guaranteed » Secure upload of license scan? Aug 25, 2010 01:37 AM (Total replies: 4)

I am being asked by another member to consider "AG" status. Frankly, none of the current three authentication options appeal to me as-is. I would however consider the option to upload a scanned image of my FCC license, but ONLY under the following conditions:

a) I can superimpose a transparent watermark that says "COPY" or "Digital Copy" over the image of my license, and either:
b) Be assured that the upload link is SSL encrypted, or
c) Allow me to encrypt my image in a password-protected ZIP file.

Is this possible?

I hope I am not sounding "paranoid" here, but there is something about sending an unprotected scan/JPG of my license over a potentially unprotected connection that bothers me.

Dan Reese, N9XX
N9XX Dan Reese