Re: Hylafax and PPP?

[Nico Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu>]

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On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Leslie Mikesell wrote:

> Slirp lets you include traffic routed by the calling host as well, and
> doesn't take any setup on the called machine.  It doesn't even need
> to know the remote addresses ahead of time.

Slirp also does not require root installation on the server, merely
shell access to compile and install a local copy.

> > I have my doubts that many ISPs would really approve of dialin sessions
> > immediately dialing out to the ISP.  The most obvious use would be to resell
> > their capacity, which tends not to be a permitted use.  There is a trend
> > to allowing sharing of a single address by a whole site, but that normally
> > involves LAN.
> 
> Slirp only handles inbound calls, so it's obvious use is to add
> dialin capability to any machine that already has some network
> connection. Like most office machines with dedicated internet
> connections, or even just the local office network.  

tiac.net permits its shell users to use SLIRP for network access, to
provide browsers, etc. But they have stated that they will become most
upset if someone resells bandwidth, for which I would not blame them
a bit.

Have I mentioned that I like tiac.net?


			Nico Garcia
			Engineer, CIRL 
			Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
			raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu

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