I think it was some IRC server that pushed those identd reply messages in your syslog. Services like IRC rely on identd to identify the user on the client side. Windows does not have this service so it is usually coded inside the clients such as mIRC etc. In UNIX, the daemon runs on port 113. You can confirm with netstat -ip On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Sathya Rangaswamy wrote: > what is the significance of identd. > man page describes it as a service > that returns user information for a given tcp connection. How can I make > a request to identd ? > > If I sees identd messages in syslog > is there any cause for concern ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.