CallBack

[Patrick McDonald]

|| This may not be attractive to you, but wouldn't setting the terminal
|| port NOHANGUP obviate the timer entirely? It would still timeout but
|| preserve the connection.

| Using NOHANGUP defeats the whole purpose of using the callback feature
| of the modem: to make the system more secure.

Ahh, I misunderstood. I had assumed you were using callback in the same
manner as I use it here, which is for LD users to access the system without
bankrupting themselves in toll charges. But on the other hand, your desire
to increase the timeout duration would be no more secure either, would it?

How about shunting everyone into a locked command procedure that validates
them, runs a detached or batch job to initiate the callback, and then drop
them off until reconnect? <muttering incoherent thoughts> :) Cheers.

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