[isf-wifidog] Splash only & enforcing timeouts

[Benoit Grégoire]

On Tuesday 09 January 2007 12:17, J.C. Hall wrote:
> Hi, I have a question about a Wifidog implementation I would like to
> deploy. I am running this on an FC5 server and it is currently functioning.
>
> I would like to use the splash-only feature for now and eliminate my
> clients from having to register and log in.  I am using the splash-only
> feature to redirect my customers to an informative splash-page.
>
> I would like to *force* the logout/timeout of my users after X amount of
> time, for example 3 hours regardless whether or not the server checks and
> find that the client is still "alive".  After 3 hours, I would like the
> client to be un-authenticated and forced to be redirected to my splash
> page.
>
> My understanding is that the client must be idle for the time specified in
> the ClientTimeout attribute under the wifidog.conf configuration file.  If
> the client is not idle for the specified time, then they would not be
> re-authenticated and redirected to the splash page.
>
> Is it possible to force this behavior from the server?

It's perfectly possible, but it is not yet implemented in the auth server.  
This is part of the reason for updating the token architecture:  
https://dev.wifidog.org/wiki/doc/developer/TokenArchitecture

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Benoit Grégoire
Technologies Coeus inc.
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