On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Martin F Krafft wrote: > > this is a severe exaggeration. > > most people who bitch about identd don't even understand what its for. > > okay, i give you that, but still, i have yet to encounter one sensibly > good use for ident. any shots?
Consider the following situation: You admin a computer and some user tries to atack an other computer from this one. Then the admin of the attacked computer can tell _you_, from which user the attack was coming, which helps you. Identd is IMHO not usefull for other systems but the one it is running on, but there it can be usefull. Martin
