Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >>> From what I have read, an ISP may want it to integrate with their >> dial-up or is a (cumbersome) way to account for connection time. You >> have a user id and password. Why? Because someone might splice into >> your line? How silly. > > Yes, because such typs of crime are common here. And don't forget: in > Russia, unlimited plans are available to organizations only (or are > crippled to something like "HTTP-only, 128 kbps"). Traffic costs > something like $0.1 per megabyte, and I certainly don't want to end up > with a bill exceeding my salary. That's why the password.
Interesting, but from what I can tell, the username/password is sent in the clear. If someone does splice into the line, couldn't they just listen and sniff the data? The traffic costs seem to be quite a rip-off. What is that cost again? What you have above is 10 cents per MB. If that's the cost, then there is quite an incentive to steal. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
