Limit number of connections per user?

[Scott Neugroschl]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goran Hasse [mailto:gorhas at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 10:43 AM
> To: Damien Miller
> Cc: Scott Neugroschl; openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Subject: Re: Limit number of connections per user?
> 
> 2010/4/16 Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>:
> > On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, Goran Hasse wrote:
> >
> >> Then plan from the beginning how to handle aliased interfaces!
> >> ... [ifconfig]
> >> So you have to define what "the same user from different IP
> adresses" means!
> >
> > It means what it says it means, and the existence of aliases and
> policy
> > routing don't really change the meaning. The fact that it is possible
> to
> > circumvent address-based restrictions by changing one's address isn't
> news.
> 
> But I don't especially mean frauds. Sometimes when I am logged in from
> one machine
> I also have needs to logg in from my laptop, (traveling by GPRS), and
> then, should I be
> toold "You are already logged in from a different system". This sounds
> like an invention
> from Microsoft! ;-)

[[SAN]] Different environments, different needs.  I'm not saying this
is a good thing for everyone.