dial in lines being held for "days"

[Mark Strandskov]

I have a couple of question regarding this whole situation...

1. Isn't SLFP and SLIP support on dial-in lines soon going to disappear
   and PPP will be the only supported protocol?
2. To some extent, won't many of the people then using PPP have to use
   an authorization account (with the exception of within Michigan)?
3. If the above are true, then won't you weed out most of the high
   school network junkies and other non Michnet related folks from
   using our beloved resources?  I would assume (I know it is bad to
   assume :-)  that this would probably free up a considerable amount
   of resources itself.
4. If people are using PPP and authorized, can't you track them
   down and find out what they are doing which requires so much
   dial in time and if it is that important, convince them to get a
   direct line?  If it is against a proposed policy limiting dial in
   access time, tell them they are violating that policy.
5. Wouldn't most people who are currently abusing the dial in features
   just find a way to get around a timeout restriction?

I really wouldn't want to see anything get implemented which could
become a hindrance in the future.  I certainly don't like hearing about
people abusing the network by staying connected for days but I wouldn't
want to see a manditory disconnect after being logged on for 3-4 hours
or a disconnect due to inactivity for 30-45 minutes.

Just my $.02 worth,

Mark...

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