Re: OT: IRC & the ~

2000-09-29 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> Is the ~ in front of your name in IRC due to the lack of auth installed? I -> cannot find identd anywhere with dpkg. I've tried dpkg -l|grep iden. When -> I had deb installed on another system I somehow picked up identd and I was -> not listed as ~ in name so that got me thinking. Anyway, wha

Re: OT: IRC & the ~

2000-09-24 Thread Lehel Bernadt
On 23-Sep-2000 William Jensen wrote: >> Running a vanilla identd is a Bad Thing IMHO. It helps attackers >> identify >> usernames and find out under what UIDs daemons are running (eg. if >> sendmail >> is running as root). > > Is there a secure way of providing the information an IRC server wants

Re: OT: IRC & the ~

2000-09-23 Thread Frodo Baggins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 William Jensen scripsit: >My experience is that some refuse to let you on until you install auth or say >you are not authorized to use the server. That is why I wanted to get it >installed. > >Is there a secure way of providing the information an IRC

Re: OT: IRC & the ~

2000-09-23 Thread William Jensen
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 12:10:48AM +0300, Lehel Bernadt wrote: > > On 23-Sep-2000 William Jensen wrote: > > Is the ~ in front of your name in IRC due to the lack of auth installed? > > I cannot find identd anywhere with dpkg. I've tried dpkg -l|grep iden. > > When I had deb installed on another

RE: OT: IRC & the ~

2000-09-23 Thread Lehel Bernadt
On 23-Sep-2000 William Jensen wrote: > Is the ~ in front of your name in IRC due to the lack of auth installed? > I cannot find identd anywhere with dpkg. I've tried dpkg -l|grep iden. > When I had deb installed on another system I somehow picked up identd and > I was not listed as ~ in name so