Re: Timing out idle ppp links ("who" is wrong)

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Subject: Re: Timing out idle ppp links ("who" is wrong)
From: Christian Kauhaus <ckauhaus@informatik.uni-rostock.de>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 09:54:13 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.970708183633.11769m-100000@calvin.oriole.sbay.org>; from George Bonser on Tue, Jul 08, 1997 at 06:36:42PM -0700
References: <[🔎] 87vi2lce1e.fsf@janus.csres.utexas.edu> <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.970708183633.11769m-100000@calvin.oriole.sbay.org>

Hi!

On 8-Jul-97, George Bonser wrote:
> How does diald do it?

diald acts like a packet filter. It forwards packets from a (virtual) slip
link to the real (slip or ppp) link and counts every packet. Thus it doesn't
depend on the systems idle time accounting.

  Christian

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