[freeside] Anyone implemented NT servers?

[Rob Spurlock]

Thanks guys.  I was sure there was a way but I didn't want to have to
beat my brains on it trying to figure it out.  I'll be setting up
Freeside this weekend so you may hear back from me.

Thanks for the input.

Rob
Lock-Net


---- Original Message ----
From: curtis at canon.maurand.com
To: ivan-freeside at sisd.com, 
Subject: Re: [freeside] Anyone implemented NT servers?
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:06:01 -0400

>Sure its not very cool, but it works.   And your billing system 
>should be
>behind a firewall anyway.  If youir billing system is on a public 
>network
>accessible by all, then you need to rethink security.  You can still 
>have
>public self help on another machine outside the firewall.  You can 
>also
>encrypt the information before you move it and you wouldn't be 
>moving credit
>card or billing information, just username, password and domain.
>
>SSH looks good, too.  I need to read more about it.  I have it 
>installed as
>telnet replacement on a few machines, but I know its capable of more,
>
>Curtis
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ivan" <ivan at 420.am>
>To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 3:32 AM
>Subject: Re: [freeside] Anyone implemented NT servers?
>
>
>> On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 12:35:36AM -0400, Curtis Maurand wrote:
>> > Nah, you don't need to go that deep.  You can script something 
>using ftp
>> > write a script file and move it to the w2k box.
>>
>> no.  it is a very, very bad idea to move sensitive user 
>information around
>> with ftp.
>>
>> >  The w2k box has a script
>> > that runs through a directory every 10 seconds and processes the 
>scripts
>> > that it finds there.  You can use Perl on NT to update the 
>registry or
>even
>> > talk to whatever it needs to talk to.  If it uses ODBC or SQL 
>server for
>> > authentication, you should be able to get perl to talk directly 
>to it to
>> > manage the accounts.
>> >
>> > Curtis
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "ivan" <ivan at 420.am>
>> > To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
>> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 12:20 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [freeside] Anyone implemented NT servers?
>> >
>> >
>> > > Freeside knows how to run a command of your choice on a remote 
>system
>via
>> > > SSH; see htdocs/docs/export.html
>> > >
>> > > You could run an ssh server on your w2k box or have Freeside 
>ssh to a
>> > > UNIX machine which has a script that knows how to talk to your 
>w2k
>box.
>> > >
>> > > Good luck.
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:59:41PM -0400, Rob Spurlock wrote:
>> > > > Hello all,
>> > > >
>> > > >      I'm just beginning to look at the Freeside Billing 
>package and
>I
>> > > > have one concern about using it.  We currently use Windows 
>2k based
>> > > > e-mail package called Rockliffe Mailsite.  Our current 
>billing
>> > > > package can work with it fine by calling a runfile to run a 
>perl
>> > > > script to add users etc.  How would one go about doing this 
>with
>> > > > Freeside?
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks in advance,
>> > > >
>> > > > Rob Spurlock
>> > > >
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>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > meow
>> > > _ivan
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> meow
>> _ivan
>>
>
>

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