On 14-Mar-99 Glynn Clements wrote:
> NOTE: Don't `deny' ident (auth) packets. Either `accept' or `reject'
> them, otherwise outbound connections are likely to hang until the
> corresponding ident connection times out (typically 189 seconds on
> Linux).

Which is precisely why I DENY packets from spam hosts.  It wastes their time
to send me spam.  Is this a no~no?

--
Andrew

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