Re: Port 113 security

[Peter H. Lemieux]

I use fakeidentd to send a standardized reply to all requests:

	http://hangout.de/fakeidentd/

A few years ago I found that some flavors of Unix (specifically some HP-UX
versions) wouldn't exchange mail with a server that did not respond to an
ident request.  I came across fakeidentd in my search for a solution.
Works like a charm.
Chris Santerre wrote:
Currently I block port 113 (ident) on the firewall.
... does everyone generally let these thru?