From owner-cvs-all Tue Apr 6 7:59: 6 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0AD314C33; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 07:58:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@jade.chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost (billf@localhost) by jade.chc-chimes.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA14450; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:57:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from billf@jade.chc-chimes.com) Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:57:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Nick Sayer , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/identify - Imported sources In-Reply-To: <18803.923390753@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > Log Message: > > Add "identify" daemon wrapper. Allows one to add ident lookup and logging > > to arbitrary daemons (like telnetd or fingerd). > > Since a remote host's response to your ident request offers you nothing > in terms of security, I'd _strongly_ recommend that this port be moved > to net and _not_ left in security, where it's bound to mislead the > uninitiated. pidentd is already in security. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message