AES256
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 7:13 pm
support opengd77 AES256 ?
Amateur radio firmware for the GD-77, GD-77S, DM-1801, DM-1801A, RD-5R, MD-9600/RT-90, MD-UV380/RT-3S, DM-1701/RT-84 and MD2017/RT-82 radios
I have read this explanation too. A few local repeaters owners allow their close friends to use encryption on their ham repeaters. But while that is the official answer, I wonder if the real explanation is “to modify the FW to do everything it does, encryption had to go to make space for the new features”. GARY.
As I understand it, OpenGD77 will have a legal problem once it is not purely for amateur radio, hence, the dev team is trying to avoid anything that can be view as non-ham. However, that is my understanding. We might need to wait for the dev team to say on this one.N4KVE wrote: ↑Mon Apr 07, 2025 11:03 pmI have read this explanation too. A few local repeaters owners allow their close friends to use encryption on their ham repeaters. But while that is the official answer, I wonder if the real explanation is “to modify the FW to do everything it does, encryption had to go to make space for the new features”. GARY.
This is correct.TB1BOA wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 3:06 amAs far as I know (I might completely be wrong) the devs are Australia based, and local laws would require them to provide a backdoor to the government and they are also not allowed to disclose that there is a backdoor, making encryption sort of useless (for licensed business use. Encryption is not allowed in ham radio use anywhere in the world).