On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 07:01:11PM -0000, Pollywog wrote: > I just discovered that identd seems to be gone from my system (potato) and > it is also commented out in /etc/inetd.conf > > Is this a problem?
Andrew, most people would feel this is a security feature rather than a problem. identd allows people to see usernames, which is partway to having a username/password pair. If you need it, you can install it via apt-get install midentd -or- apt-get install oidentd. (here is their one-line description: oidentd - Replacement ident daemon midentd - identd replacement with masquerading support. ) Which you want, I don't know. (I thought inetd handled identd too, but my inetd.conf file shows that it runs identd directly -- and it DOESN'T USE TCPWRAPPERS. Is *this* right?) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
