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. :) > Just from the fact that you make all those request for new leases makes you > stand out. And? The ISP cannot do anything. 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. 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. Thanks for the info though. -p -- Here my ticker tape .signature #### My name is Peter Philipp #### lynx -dump "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pufferfish&oldid=20768394"; | sed -n 131,136p #### So long and thanks for all the fish!!!
