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Thread ID: 11993 2001-10-11 18:44:00 What is a Call back modem and who uses it? Guest (0) Press F1
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21062 2001-10-11 18:44:00 I can find people who sell these things but nothing about how they operate and what system IE: a network for dialing into or an ISP. Any help would be appriciated Guest (0)
21063 2001-10-11 19:20:00 Reduces phone charges by having the remote access server dial back to your location after you initially connect.- ok. Guest (0)
21064 2001-10-12 02:03:00 Call back was mainly used to give a bit more security on dial in lines. It works by connecting, doing a login sequence, and then hanging up. The host rings back. This way, even if passwords have been cracked, the caller has to be at a phone number which is known and authorised or won't get the return call. I have an idea that MS wouldn't have provision for it ... but any commercial Unix would have it; I think you can do it in Linux. (I haven't used it, but I don't think that a special modem would be needed -- software can handle it). Guest (0)
21065 2001-10-12 05:15:00 Yeah, windows can (callback), maybe not win9x, but nt4, win2k, and windowsXP can. Guest (0)
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