> I'm not sure why I feel compelled to adress this thread. . .
>
> Limiting multiple logins is a feature of interest only, or at least
> primarily, to ISP's which offer unlimited access accounts (which is the
> topic for a whole other argument I DO NOT want to get involved in again!)
> ISP's who have connect time limits or who otherwise bill for excessive
> usage generally have no need for this feature. Generally speaking, that
> is the distinction between people who feel that it is important and people
> who don't care.
no, it is a concern as it is an abuse of service by a client as defined by
"most" isp's client agreements...
if i contract a horse to you for riding from my stable... are you gonna
see if you can get 20 of your buddies on it?
>
> Okay, given that, there are technical issues involved in supporting it
> that are non-trivial, especially in cross-platform code. To the point
> where I'm almost sorry I added it. The ESVAnet hack of Livingston radiusd
> was originally done for a completely different reason (I like our
there are tech issues... and you should be commended for your effort... my
feelings are that "someone" can get it done, like web, daler, etc that has
the time to put into that is truly necessary from all standpoints...
ie livingston making and programming the opsys, to network performance
issues, to blah blah...
thanks...
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Robert H. Hanson LAN/WAN Consultant - Internet Service Provider
Otis Orchards, Wa. Cutting Edge Communications www.cet.com
(509) 927-9541 finger: info@cet.com or email: roberth@cet.com