Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 08:46:17 +0000 From: Joe Karthauser <joe@genius.systems.pavilion.net> To: Stuart Henderson <sthen@naiad.eclipse.net.uk>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz>, Dominic Mitchell <dom@happygiraffe.net>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Lee Johnston <lee@uk.freebsd.org>, freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ispsetup (was: Re: FreeBSD in Dixons) Message-ID: <20000315084617.A4785@genius.systems.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <20000315083103.A511@myrddin.demon.co.uk>; from dom@happygiraffe.net on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 08:31:22AM %2B0000 References: <200003140850.IAA00468@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <38CE708E.10FA1F80@originative.co.uk> <20000314171025.U49909@naiad.eclipse.net.uk> <20000315083103.A511@myrddin.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 08:31:22AM +0000, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > > > It would of course be nice to have preferential treatment > > for FreeBSD-friendly ISPs :) but wouldn't it be more generally > > applicable to be able to read config info from M$ compatible > > signup servers? > > Is there any documentation about the format of them? Yes, but it's pants! Don't worry about M$ compatible servers - how are you going to find them? Most of the time the telephone numbers are hard burnt into CDs and not meant for public consumption. For those that don't know the M$ signup mechanism consists of a web mechanism that collects inforation from the user (using html forms, or whatever the browser can support). Ultimately the server sends the user a file with a mime type of 'application/x-internet-signup'. 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