Hi Mike. I did some research and came up with this link... This is exactly what I was talking about.
http://www.linuxvoodoo.com/howto/HOWTO/Authentication-Gateway-HOWTO/ __________________________________________________________________ Anton Krall CEO Intruder Consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (55)5233-9281 Celular: (044)55-5105-5160 ICQ#: 4979450 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: antonkrall Web: www.intruder.com.mx Outside Mexico Tel: (+52)5233-9281 Celular: (+52)5105-5160 %-----Original Message----- %From: Mike McCauley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] %Sent: Martes, 07 de Enero de 2003 03:41 a.m. %To: Anton Krall; 'Hugh Irvine' %Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] %Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Idea for an app... % % %Hello Anton, % % %On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:33, Anton Krall wrote: %> Well. For the auth and page redirect part, Im very interested. %> %> I have search for some software for this and havent been %able to find %> something I like so far. %> %> We need some software for hotspots (wire or wireless) that %when a user %> plugs in, dhcp will assign an IP and then when the user %opens up a ANY %> web page, he will be asked for a username or code, and upon %successful %> auth, he will be granted access to the Internet for X amount of %> minutes.. After that.. Internet is closed again and he has to insert %> another username, code or buy more minutes.. %> %> Sounds like the idea Mike is working on? % %Its not precisely the same thing, but yours is an interesting idea. % %I guess it would act like an http proxy, and would authenticate each %connection from a client, and measure the total traffic %delivered to that %client. I know squid can be made to do radius auth, but not %accounting, and %certainly not volume limits based on radius reply attribute. %So perhaps this %would be a front-end to a http proxy? % %Its hard to see how this could be made to work for other than %HTTP, though. %Would your custoemrs need to access other than http (port %80?). Port 443 %https comes to mind? % %Cheers. % %> %> %> __________________________________________________________________ %> Anton Krall %> CEO %> Intruder Consulting %> %> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] %> Tel: (55)5233-9281 %> Celular: (044)55-5105-5160 %> ICQ#: 4979450 %> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] %> AIM: antonkrall %> Web: www.intruder.com.mx %> %> Outside Mexico %> Tel: (+52)5233-9281 %> Celular: (+52)5105-5160 %> %> %> %-----Original Message----- %> %From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] %> %Sent: Lunes, 06 de Enero de 2003 10:02 p.m. %> %To: Anton Krall; [EMAIL PROTECTED] %> %Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] %> %Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Idea for an app... %> % %> % %> % %> %Hello Anton - %> % %> %1. Our Radmin product will already do most of what you describe. % %> % www.open.com.au/radmin %> % %> %2. You would need the usual twisted-pair ethernet hub or switch and %> %some Cat-5 cabling, together with one or more 802.11x %wireless access %> %points. You would also need some sort of server machine %(probably a PC %> %running some version of Linux/xxxBSD) and some sort of connection to %> %the internet. Finally you would need some magic software to redirect %> %the http requests to the login page when a user starts up a session. %> % %> %For this last point, Mike has recently been working on some %> %redirection %> %software for exactly this purpose. %> % %> %I have copied Mike on this mail and he may have some additional %> %comments. %> % %> %regards %> % %> %Hugh %> % %> % %> %On Tuesday, Jan 7, 2003, at 13:45 Australia/Melbourne, Anton Krall %> %wrote: %> % %> %> Guys... I have an idea and I need some help figuring out %the specs. %> %> %> %> 1. A client of mine just called to ask for a quote for a software %> %> developed inhouse that’s intended for an internet café. %The software %> %> has this specs: %> %> %> %> - Install a linux machine with php, mysql, and radiator %> %> - Make some php pages for an admin system that can create serial %> %> numbers %> %> (instead of usernames, the serials are for prepaid %cards), passwords %> %> and %> %> assign minutes to the cards. %> %> - Make the php pages that can let the users review how %many minutes %> %> they %> %> have left on the serial/prepaid card they bought %> %> - Configure radiator to auth against the mysql db with serials and %> %> limit %> %> access to X amount of minutes depending on the prepaid card they %> %> bought. %> %> %> %> How much would somebody charge for coding this kind of app? %> %I need an %> %> estimate on how to charge my client for this. %> %> %> %> 2. This is a tech question. %> %> %> %> What would you need to implement an internet café with %> %> wireless/ethernet %> %> adaptors and create a LAN, so that when a user plugs %their laptop to %> %> the %> %> eth port or turns on their WiFi cards, they are assigned an IP and %> %> everything else via DHCP and then when they try to use HTTP, %> %FTP or any %> %> kind of internet access, they are psented with a popup %asking for a %> %> username and password? %> %> %> %> This username and password would interact against a %radiator server %> %> like %> %> the one mentioned on step 1. %> %> %> %> What kind of configuration, hardware is needed for such an %> %> implementation? %> %> %> %> Thx for any ideas you can provide. %> %> %> %> %> %> __________________________________________________________________ %> %> Anton Krall %> %> %> %> %> %> === %> %> Archive at http://www.open.com.au/archives/radiator/ %> %> Announcements on [EMAIL PROTECTED] %> %> To unsubscribe, email '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with 'unsubscribe %> %> radiator' in the body of the message. %> %> %> %> %> % %> %-- %> %Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS %> %server anywhere. 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