Pollywog 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?
If you intend to make the connection hang, that's fine.
I pointed out the above because people often `deny' all inbound
connections and then wonder why their outbound connections hang.
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