I'm happy to announce the release of Freeside 1.3.1. Freeside is an open-source billing and account administration package for ISPs.
You can download the new version, read the documentation, and play with a web demo at <http://www.sisd.com/freeside>. This is also a request-for-assitance from a more experienced Debian developer for assistance packaging the software. I've packaged some simple programs, but the amount of integration a central billing database has with other systems is making packing difficult. All of the dependencies are already packaged and in woody. For potato, I maintain an apt-able repository of the necessary Perl modules: deb http://cleanwhisker.420.am/pub/debian-unoff stable main 1.3.1 is a bugfix release which fixes all currently known problems with 1.3.0. If the 1.3.0 verison gave you problems, give this version a try. New features of the 1.3.x series include: - Database transactions - Web aging reports - Export of BIND and Apache configuration files. - Session monitor to track and limit usage on a time (hourly/"minutely") basis. This can be used, with RADIUS, to keep track of NAS ports, and can also be used to implement hotel- or cafe- type access, where the user must sign in on a webpage before being granted access to the network. In conjunction with the session server, prepaid cards can now be for an amount of time rather than money. Enjoy! -- meow _ivan
