Re: Scanning usage on portmaster

John-David Childs (jdc@denver.net)
Sun, 6 Jul 1997 16:09:56 -0600 (MDT)

One way I do this is to use SNMP to monitor input/output octets on a
port. Define your own "ratio" of online time to what input/output "should
be" for an active user, and kick off the users who don't meet that ratio.
This can all be done with perl, c, etc.

On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Stephen Fisher wrote:

>
> You can't do this on a Portmaster right now. I REALLY wish they would
> implement such a feature though..
>
> On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Tony Schreiber wrote:
>
> > > We are having a debate with a customer who has setup their mail program to
> > > check for mail every five minutes, by passing our activity time out on our
> > > portmasters. I have talked with a couple other ISPs, and they have built
> > > a script which monitors the actual usage of a port, and kicks the user if
> > > they are only checking mail for a certain amount of time.
> >
> > You could also try filtering the pop3 port from the timeout. That way it
> > doesn't trip up the timer. 

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