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Re: PPTP & ADSL rpm
- To: Oded Arbel <odeda-linux-il(at-nospam)betalfa.org.il>
- Subject: Re: PPTP & ADSL rpm
- From: guy keren <choo(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:37:14 +0300 (EET DST)
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- In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0105162116151.8236-100000@europa.betalfa.org.il>
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On Wed, 16 May 2001, Oded Arbel wrote:
> > you should be VERY VERY careful when you place an RPM that dials into a
> > guest ADSL account - make SURE it is clearly very visible to anyone
> > installing the RPM - or esle, they'll dial out, use it, and later find the
> > horrific billing on their next phone bill.
>
> What precautions do you suggest I'll have ?
> Idon't think that a "click-through license" (like Sun's JDK, for example)
> is a good ides.
the precaution edpends on the configuration method. if the user modifies
the config file by hand - make a comment IN CAPITAL LETTERS before and
after each such guest entry, and have all entries commented out by
default, so the user actually has to read that file to edit it.
if the configuration is dne by a text script that asks questions in text
mode, print a BIG WARNING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS before asking the user
which provider they wish to choose from, and better then this - just ask
for their user name and place it there, and do NOT support the guest
accounts (why support them at all, if the user surely wants to use their
account, and not a guest account that costs MUCH MUCH MORE then that?
if its a GUI - well, it isn't a GUI, is it? :)
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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