[isf-wifidog] Another authentication method?

[Michael Way]

I have tried setting the grace time to zero, which works as advertised.
The problem is that the email sent to the sponsor contains a very long URL link
that, essentially, must be copied and pasted into the new users
browser requiring
the sponsor to authenticate and enter the URL for them. I would like
something simpler where
there is a shorter alphanumeric code that could be printed off and
typed in by the user
w/o the sponsor having to log in themselves.

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. Thanks for the suggestion though.

cheers,
mike


On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Robin Jones <Robin at networkfusion.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
>  You can set the validation grace time period, so technically, setting it to zero would give you your desired result. but I have not tried this!
>
>  Robin Jones
>
>  ________________________________
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>  From: wifidog-bounces at listes.ilesansfil.org on behalf of Michael Way
>  Sent: Fri 4/4/2008 12:48 AM
>  To: wifidog at listes.ilesansfil.org
>  Subject: [isf-wifidog] Another authentication method?
>
>
>
>
>
>  Hi, Currently, as I have my authentication server setup
>  (AuthenticatorUserLocal),
>  the potential user must create an account while they are temporarily connected
>  to the internet. They receive an email link that allows them long-term
>  access to the
>  internet once they click on the link. However I don't want to allow
>  even 1 second of access to the internet by the potential user.
>
>  I have a situation where I will have visitors on my network, but the
>  email authentication would
>  be sent to their sponsors email accounts. Instead of sending a longish URL link
>  I would like to have an authentication token in the form of a
>  short(ish) alpha-numeric string that the visitor could
>  authenticate with once the sponsor receives it (and prints/writes it
>  down for them). This would prevent
>  unwanted people from using my network for even 1 second (a requirement).
>
>  Does such an authentication mechanism exist, but perhaps I'm unaware of it?
>  Would it be possible for me to modify a particular script or two to make such
>  functionality possible?
>
>  Thank You!
>  mike
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