On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 06:25:53PM +0100, Sebastian Stark wrote:
identd takes two parameters, the server and the source port of a tcp
connection. it gives back the userid of the user who started it. am i
right so far?
i think, the userid may be useful for some purposes but in most cases it
irc server make ident connections to clients.
squid can use ident for authorization.
sendmail sometimes uses ident.
maybe you want to read rfc1413.
i'd turn auth off for security reasons if your box has a direct
connection to internet.
Hmm, that's an easy approach, but from
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Fredrik Liljegren wrote:
i'd turn auth off for security reasons if your box has a direct
connection to internet.
Many people misunderstand the usefulness of identd, and so disable it or
block all off site requests for it. identd is not there to help out remote
sites.
3 matches
Mail list logo
