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Re: PPP Control
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Re: PPP Control


  • Subject: Re: PPP Control
  • From: Joshua Orr <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 15:59:28 -0600

>> I am using it to dial a number that9s I want to keep hidden. I have
>> succeeded in getting it to dial and not leave any record of it except in the
>> Connection Log in the Internet Connect application.
>> Is there any way to tell the PPP daemon to not log down a particular dial,
>> or is there any way I could get rid of the log entries using my Cocoa app?
>
> It's a bad idea to do this.
>
> Why would you want to hide the fact that your app is using the
> telephone line from the user? The telephone line is a resource which
> costs the user $$$ ... so, you hiding the fact from her, is a bad
> thing.
>
> I can think of only one reason you would want to do this: nefarious
> XXX dial-back software $$$-making scam scheme.
>
> That's not the sort of software project I'd like to help, and I hope
> nobody else wants to help write that sort of software, either ...


You obviously can't think very well, can you? Please don't assume something
like this, especially when there is a good reason.

If you really want to know, the reason is that I have a 1-800 number dial up
point for people to easily signup for an ISP service. I would rather keep
this 1-800 number a secret to help avoid abuse.

The user knows that the modem is dialing, I would just like to keep the
1-800 number dialed from the user.


-Joshua D. Orr-
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