BUG: openHop defaults observer IATA to the "test" region, which is special. #157

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opened 2026-10-27 09:35:46 +01:00 by adam · 0 comments
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A freshly installed openHop repeater defaults the IATA to the special "test" IATA. If a user does not explicitly update this to their correct local IATA, they can send messages into the meshcore MQTT broker and have many of its validity checks bypassed and end up spamming an analyzer.

Please make the region default to either blank (so the operator MUST explicitly provide it) or at least to "XXX", which the broker considers the default "I'm not actually set, auto-reject" IATA.

A freshly installed openHop repeater defaults the IATA to the special "test" IATA. If a user does not explicitly update this to their correct local IATA, they can send messages into the meshcore MQTT broker and have many of its validity checks bypassed and end up spamming an analyzer. Please make the region default to either blank (so the operator MUST explicitly provide it) or at least to "XXX", which the broker considers the default "I'm not actually set, auto-reject" IATA. <!-- github-sync-id:5444300926 -->
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Reference: adam/pyMC_Repeater#157