Tom wrote:
> > ...Some stuff about identd snipped...
> >
> > > Just a thought, but why not rem it out in inetd.conf all-together?
> > > Is it ever actually _needed_ for anything?
> >
> > I believe some IRC servers require identd to be running on connecting hosts.
>
> hmmm...does win31/95/98 run any type of ident service? (just curious)
Not by default.
In any case, insisting on auth (ident) support is pretty silly. It's
trivial to create an identd which returns bogus information, e.g.:
#!/bin/sh
read line
echo -e "$line : USERID : UNIX : johndoe\\r"
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