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 Re: Do mp3 concatenation programs exist? thus Peter Philipp spake: > 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.  what does not apply to you? that's the scenario you pointed out as context of your question. >> Just from the fact that you make all those request for new leases makes you >> stand out. > > And? The ISP cannot do anything. the ISP could (and should) disable your account. > 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. if you want to use the term EULA in this context, well... however, please take a look into the contract between you and the ISP and you *will* find a clause that excessive use (i.e. abuse) of *any* service is prohibited and abuse may lead to your line being shut down. period. > 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. bla. > Thanks for the info though. de nada. ps: i'd like to take this thread into the canditate list of the dumbest threads ever  -- Timo Schoeler | http://riscworks.net/~tis | timo.schoeler@riscworks.net RISCworks -- Perfection is a powerful message ISP | POWER & PowerPC afficinados | Networking, Security, BSD services GPG Key fingerprint = B5F6 68A4 EC45 C309 6770 38C4 50E8 2740 9E0C F20A There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.      |
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