Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:13664 comp.unix.aux:3170 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!samsung!b-tech!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: How do you use Dial-up SLIP? Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 90 16:20:54 GMT References: Organization: Branch Technology Lines: 18 > stuff about dial-up slip >1. Am I supposed to tell all our users our login name and password on >our providers equipment? Seems like a security risk to me. > >2. Who pays the phone bill when a user forgets to hang up after a >session? All you need is a little program to detect the need for an outgoing connection, dial up and establish the connection, and then drop it when there is not traffic for some period. It's not hard (I've done it). -- Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ) zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us