thus Peter Philipp spake:
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 04:03:52PM -0700, smith wrote:
If I'm going to provide my customers internet access I better keep track of
the traffic that my customers' dsl modems generate. This is to protect me
from lawsuits and abuse of the services I provide. Hmmm. Looking through the
I guess it's illegal nowadays to symlink your logs to /dev/null.
logs I notice that all of a sudden my dhcp server is sending out IP leases
every minute, why? Or when I look at my graphs, there is a spike in dhcp
leases and plateaus for the rest of the day. Hmmm. This one customer with a
dsl mac address such and such and/or phone number such and such is the one
making all the request for a new leases. I wonder what he's up too? Hmm.
Most of his traffic is mp3's. Hmmmmmmm.
Funny scenario, does not apply to me. :)
what does not apply to you? that's the scenario you pointed out as
context of your question.
Just from the fact that you make all those request for new leases makes you
stand out.
And? The ISP cannot do anything.
the ISP could (and should) disable your account.
They can write a new clause to their EULA
that re-connecting within X amount of time is excessive and forbidden, and
notify the customer on that, so that they may adjust their settings.
if you want to use the term EULA in this context, well... however,
please take a look into the contract between you and the ISP and you
*will* find a clause that excessive use (i.e. abuse) of *any* service is
prohibited and abuse may lead to your line being shut down. period.
And I'm sure they'd be pretty bored with POP3 traffic and HTTP, and the
occasional ftp to download open source ports. I see no problem.
bla.
Thanks for the info though.
de nada.
ps: i'd like to take this thread into the canditate list of the dumbest
threads ever ;)
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