Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 10:12:27 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Neal Downe <nd11@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: identd Message-ID: <37DBDEFB.E1059B10@gorean.org> References: <19990912070008.39670.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Neal Downe wrote: > > I use some servers that require I send valid ident responses. The problem > is that because the ident is an incoming TCP connection and I'm NAT'ing > multiple machines to the same public IP, there's no way that I can think of > to pass the request through my gateway (3.2-RELEASE) to the machine the > ident is intended for. There is voluminous information about this in the archives. > Is the ident daemon in /etc/inetd.conf what I'm looking for? Assuming you are using an up to date 3.x-Stable, yes. > I'd have to have inetd running to use an identd, right? No, but it's highly recommended. > What are the security risks involved with running an identd? None if it's configured properly. The built in identd in recent versions of -Stable is well written and very likely to be risk free. No one can gurantee your system's security 100%, if they do they are lying to you. Good luck, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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