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In comp.os.linux.networking Mike Di <beavis@strive.net> wrote:
> In article <5ggo7r$inv@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, mfrancis@ecr.mu.oz.au says...

> >Does anyone know of any software which will monitor dialup lines?
> >I need something that can boot users after a given number of minutes
> >per day, in certain times of the day. I need this to be able to monitor
> >PPP connections and also handle pap/chap connections.

> >I am currently using Dial-Up Utils v2.0.7 which unfortunately doesn't live
> >up to my needs.

> Ya, it's called portmaster code dumbass. It means buy a portmaster and stop 
> trying to kill your linux box!

Some people don't have the luxury of being able to go out and buy
whatever they want.  In that case, it helps to be able to "roll your
own."  I've been operating on a continuously thickening shoestring for
some time now, so I have quite a bit of experience with "make it do or
do without."

As it happens, I wrote a bit of code called "killidle" that can be
used to kill ppp connections based upon their average traffic.  When
it drops below a certain average, (set by the number of packets in a
failed pop3 poll, as I recall) the user is disconnected.  The idea
behind using an average was to not knock off the people who were
working locally on email or Usenet messages but still kill the morons
who leave their machine on polling for mail while they are at work.

Unfortunately, it doesn't do anything like limiting users to X minutes
per day and it would 

I also wrote a RADIUS client for init/pppd/login (based upon the
merit.edu sample code.)  I can build a PM2E-30 equivalent for under
$1000, less than half of what one costs new.  Well, I used to be able
to do that.  I don't do that sort of thing anymore, because we've
gone past the point where terminal servers hooked to modems are
useful.

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