From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Dec 19 13:57:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34F937B405 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from Thanatos.Shenton.Org (chris.shenton.org [209.31.144.77]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 402C743EB2 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:57:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@Shenton.Org) Received: (qmail 7381 invoked by uid 1000); 19 Dec 2002 21:57:34 -0000 To: Chuck Swiger Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Based Control for FreeBSD References: From: Chris Shenton Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:57:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Chuck Swiger's message of "Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:17:42 -0500") Message-ID: <87of7hu0xd.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386--freebsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Also check Freeside. I haven't used Freeside nor ispman yet so I can't compare. Freeside's been around a lot longer than ispman, but that's all I do know. Here's a comparison article: http://www.ziplink.net/~rhaskins/jun01.html Freeside info: http://www.sisd.com/freeside/ Freeside is an open-source billing and account administration package for Internet Service Providers. Commercial installation, customization, support, offsite backup and training services are available, as well as outsourced billing service. * Written in Perl and easily customizable. * Uses Perl's DBI allowing use of almost any database backend to * store data. We currently recommend PostgreSQL. * Source code is available under the GNU GPL or Artistic license. * Web-based interface (including most of the configuration). * Track customers by reseller/agent. Limit the packages a * particular agent or class of agents may sell. * Tax rates customizable by state and locale. * Exports directly to UNIX passwd and shadow (or master.passwd) * files, ERPCD acp_passwd and acp_dialup files, and/or RADIUS * users files. * Works with FreeRADIUS, ICRADIUS (including RADIUS groups) or * Radiator to authenticate directly from SQL databases, or exports * standard text files for RADIUS servers such as Livingston or * Cistron. * Provisions mailboxes to UNIX passwd/shadow/master.passwd, * vpopmail, Cyrus, Critical Path, or InfoStreet. * Virtual domain support. Exports Sendmail virtusertable and * sendmail.cw files, and/or Qmail virtualdomains, rcpthosts and * recipientmap files. * Domain and virtual host support. Exports BIND and Apache * configuration files. * Real-time session monitor for RADIUS or hotel/cafe-style time * limits * Signup server with IE and Netscape autoconfiguration * Pre-paid cards * Aging (overdue invoice) reports * Real-time credit card processing with TrustCommerce, Vital * Processing Services, Authorize.Net, LinkPoint, Cardstream, Bank * of America eStores, Beanstream, 2CheckOut.com, SurePay, eSec, * CyberCash CashRegister, or any processor supported by * Business::OnlinePayment * Export batches to any processor. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message