-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > s. keeling wrote: >> Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> What package or packages need to be installed so when I connect to >>> an irc server I don't get the message Ident is disabled? >>> >> >> pidentd >> >> >> > I would also think something like inetd or xinetd would be good. Identd > should not need to run all the time, letting (x)inetd fire it up as > needed would be better. > > Hot tip: consider carefully how much you reveal about your machine > through the ident service. >
Security through obscurity is now offically dead. If someone wants access to your box, because of the absurd bandwidth available to a cracker (botnet, anyone?), they'll just try every xploit in their db, regardless of it's compatibility with your alleged system. You might as well just have ident running, I forward 113 onto my fBSD machine, so my whole network appears to be 6.2-current (yes i'm too lazy to upgrade) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIIUhnLeTfO4yBSAcRAr7OAKChiweZOROjgttqCBxPgknofVLUnwCeNu0y mvn+hJTScF4jmG570RMpvqA= =uTPD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
