[95834] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Tools for ISP's...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Gaume)
Wed Oct 21 16:46:19 1998
From: Thomas Gaume <tom@flwireless.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com, Nikki Cook <sunny@mail.suntrix.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:44:57 -0400
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Let me know if you need an alpha tester!!! : )
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Nikki Cook wrote:
>Hi Gordon,
>
>We run a small ISP here in Daytona. We have had quite a number of ISP's in
>our area go under because of bad accounting procedures. Not us, of course,
>I'm a killer on due dates.
>
>To specifically answer your question, sounds like a killer project that
>would have lots of interest. I hasten to add, accounting online time is
>still not being metered here in Florida, afaik. However expire dates,
>account types, space used and additional services are important to be
>tracked and billed. From your description below, looks like you have a
>handle on needs.
>
>Best wishes on the project.
>
>Nikki
>
>At 03:11 PM 10/21/98 , you wrote:
>>A while back, someone expressed interest in a set of tools for ISPs.
>>Something that anyone could use to maintain users of the system, in a
>>GUI.
>>
>>At the time, my ISP was just beginning to undertake just such a
>>project. However, as busy as we are, it hasn't gotten far. Last
>>week, I was assigned to undertake the project, and see it completed.
>>I convinced my management that an open project would move faster and
>>be more complete, so I'm checking for interest here.
>>
>>Goals of the project:
>>The software must be first, secure. It must provide for the
>>maintainance of all aspects of a user's accounts, as well as billing
>>and RADIUS authentication (probably).
>>
>>Design:
>>At the heart of the project is an administration daemon, which keeps
>>it's data in an SQL database. The first clients will be web based, to
>>eliminate the current text-based menus.
>>Command line utilities will follow immediately, since there will be
>>the neccessity of cron jobs and the like.
>>
>>At any given interval the daemon must print bills for the users. I'm
>>thinking of using Tex here, any ideas for more efficient systems?
>>
>>The daemon will probably also be the interface for RADIUS
>>authentication. It'll have to provide this as some kind of module, I
>>suppose, since not all of our equipment uses the same RADIUS
>>interface. (we currently run RADIUS on multiple machines...)
>>
>>I figure that I'll need at least three tables:
>>Customer Info:
>>Customer # for POS, Last name , First name, Street Ad., City, St, ZIP,
>>Phone
>>
>>User:
>>CUSTOMER#, username, status(active, locked), type(employee, free, off
>>hours, monthly, quarterly...), expiration date, web space in MB,
>>personal webpage indexed (y,n), business webpage indexed(y,n), domain
>>names hosted
>>
>>Billing:
>>Service, cost, and billing frequency for each service.
>>
>>So...Is anyone interested? Any suggestions or requests? Anyone want
>>to help?
>>
>>TIA for any replys
>>MSG
>>
>>
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