At 9:48 AM -0500 3/9/07, Christopher X. Candreva wrote: > This is a common misconception of what IDENT is/was for. IDENT was not > intended to provide reliable authentication, as to who owned a connection.
I know what the purpose of IDENT is. I wrote the original sendmail FAQ entry on this subject back in 1995. The problem is that while IDENT can be useful in some cases, the risks and costs of IDENT on the modern Internet is so high that it's not worth the effort. -- Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Consultant & Author LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> Slides from Invited Talks: <http://tinyurl.com/tj6q4> ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
