Hi, thanks for the further answers.... unfortunately the auth/filter server has to be managed by a guy who has limited knowledge of unix (he deals at most with ubuntu) so it has to be withan easy GUI and make him not waste time when he issues a new ticket for access.
This is why any CLI or programming solution is out of scope in this case. Btw, I bought a copy of the book of PF, it 's in my bedroom :))) Thanks On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Matt S <[email protected]> wrote: > This is also entirely possible with Squid. You could simply use basic > authentication so that you can keep an open wireless access point and > people > would have to authenticate in order to surf the web or do anything. Create > a > temporary account for each customer and add an expiration time? > > > To: > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: > Cybercafe SW for OpenBSD > > On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:23:14 +0200 > Paolo Aglialoro > wrote: > > > Thank you a lot for all your nice suggestions, at the moment pfsense > with > > captive portal looks like the best compromise (at least having PF). > Also > > zeroshell could fill up the bill although it's no BSD. > > > You could do > it yourself with php and authpf.

