Well, I have a script to turn ppp0 OFF 50 minutes of every hour when I am not using
it<g>.
Yes, the "other" system lets application programs hook into the operating system core
to make
demands like that. I can well imagine it is possible for a daemon to be created to
initiate
ppp0 at need, but it is something I never saw a need for, so I don't know if one
exists.
The principle of applications starting/stopping services belongs to a very insecure
one-person-per-computer model. Obviously, if ICQ can initiate an internet connection,
then
someone with an overflow program can reach through ICQ to shut down your connection
(this
exploit actually exists and you can guess which op systems it works for).
Civileme
Michael Scottaline wrote:
> Stephan Schutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How can you make the os auto dial when it hears an ftp, http - request?
>
> Stephan Schutter
> ==============================================================
> Good question. Hope you (we) get an answer. I know in "that other os" IE and
> Outlook Express can be configured easily to autodial. My guess is that
> experienced linux gurus write their own script for such a function.
> Mike
>
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