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In article <3331fd1b.2773712@news.uact.net>,
Jon Degan <jondegan@webruler.com> wrote:
>Ralph Doncaster <ralph@doncaster.on.ca.no.spam> wrote:
>>The only caveat is that some ISP's don't allow simultaneous logins
>>with the same account (especially the unlimited accounts).
>
>  I thought this was impossible?  Wouldn't that be a huge security
>flaw?  I think it'd be rediculous if a user can log in twice, that's
>the the whole point of logging in, *YOU* are logging in.

  The concept of 'network' passwords vs 'individual' passwords has 
existed for a long time.

  When someone is dialing an ISP, there are two parts to this:
    a) Accounting information required for billing purposes.
    b) Identity information, required for Email addresses/etc.


  Corporate ISP accounts where one 'account' is set up for billing (And 
one username/password for the terminal server), but multiple 'Identities' 
(Username/Passwords for Email accounts) has existed for a long time.  One of 
the services I offer in my consulting business is extra mailboxes for 
people dialing in to a common account : I don't offer 'phone lines', but 
I do offer 'personalized Internet Identities'.

P.S.  I also give these identities and mailboxes away to other volunteers 
with FLORA Community WEB ;-)
-- 
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