Freeradius is working well for us, we use mySQL for the userbase, and dialup_admin for the front-end. My question is operational in nature; please lart me if this is way off-topic.
I'm sure people have built web front-ends to let customers automatically sign up for services using freeradius, such as dialup. Since we are using sql for the users, it shouldn't be too hard, and we already have code for cc processing. We usually have the customers call us, and we manually enter them into radius. My question is, have any of you found any negatives to on-line, automatic sign up forms that I should be aware of, such as pump-and-dump spammers, drop-box spammers, charge-backs, etc? Any experiences you'd care to share?
All that you mention there. I would recommend strongly against allowing users to create accounts without preseting billing information and you running a successful charge against their card ( as you are then open to and *will* be used by pump-and-dump spammers ).
The issue related to charge-backs is definitely off-topic for here, but is something you will negotiate between your company and the company that you use to process CC transactions.
As to automating a signup process, it works very well, users can get instant gratification, you have less overhead in account setups, etc.
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