Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:12:58 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a BSD identd Message-ID: <199907101712.TAA13461@gratis.grondar.za>
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> Is it worth it to write an identd for FreeBSD? With one sysctl added, it's
> trivial to implement. If an identd would be desired, then should I make a
> separate one, or rewrite the current inetd's internal identd shim? I
> don't see a reason for pidentd when we could have an identd built in by
> me fixing inetd up, and it would all take up less space.
There is the question - what for? identd is of questionable use at best.
The best use of identd I have seen is crypted cookies that would allow
an attackee to identify an attacker in a non-privacy-invasive manner.
In 3 years of running this at an ISP, I have never seen it used in anger.
Under normal circumstances (${BIGNUM} Wintendo boxes running IRC
clients), the info given is completely useless.
M
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