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From: "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net>
To: Louis-Philippe Alain <xenub@boisfrancs.qc.ca>
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Subject: Re: Limiting users connect time (+ another little question)
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On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Louis-Philippe Alain wrote:

> Hi M.Seltzer!
> 	Here we have a "tow hours of inactivity" time out. When there's no
> activity on the line for two consecutive hours, they are disconnected. And
> we also automaticaly disconnect users who stay connected for 24 hours in a
> row. A user that is disconnected can reconnect himself immediately after
> the disconnection.
> 
> 	What we have troubles with is users that double-logging in. We have a case
> that a user was connected 10 times under the same username. The person just
> pay us for one account and then sold his password to everyone he known! Is
> there any script that we could use to disallow a user to be logged tow time
> under the same username?

if you are under RADIUS then you can limit each login to one.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Louis-Philippe Alain
> Internet Bois-Francs
> 
> 
> At 08:24 PM 9/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >I think that I was too vague with my previous question ( and I forgot a
> >subject line, sorry). What I am after is ISP policy on dealing with a user
> >who stays logged on constantly.
> >
> >Do you:
> >
> >1. Log them off (and wait for them to redial)
> >2. Log them off and refuse connection for x minutes/hours
> >3. Send them email asking them to cut down on their logon time
> >4. Threaten the user with death and dismemberment
> >5. Terminate their account
> >6. Other (please specify)
> 
> 


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