Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:53:59 +0000 From: dom@happygiraffe.net (Dominic Mitchell) To: Joe Karthauser <joe@genius.systems.pavilion.net> Cc: freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ispsetup (was: Re: FreeBSD in Dixons) Message-ID: <20000315205358.A394@myrddin.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000315084617.A4785@genius.systems.pavilion.net>; from Joe Karthauser on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 08:46:17AM %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> <20000315084617.A4785@genius.systems.pavilion.net>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 08:46:17AM +0000, Joe Karthauser wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 08:31:22AM +0000, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > Is there any documentation about the format of them? > > Yes, but it's pants! Along with 99% of the world's computer documentation... > 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. Good point. But it's useful to look at them and see what they are doing, regardless. > 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'. > The IE browser knows to pass this file to some part of the OS that > configures dialup networking, mail, news, etc. > > The file looks something like this: [snip] Many thanks, that's very useful info. -Dom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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