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Date:      Tue, 16 May 1995 22:15:56 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      torstenb@ramsey.saar.de (Torsten Blum)
To:        ache@freefall.cdrom.com (Andrey A. Chernov)
Cc:        CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-ports@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/net/tcp_wrapper/patches patch-aa
Message-ID:  <m0sBT25-000O2oC@ramsey.saar.de>
In-Reply-To: <199505160936.CAA04613@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Andrey A. Chernov" at May 16, 95 02:36:32 am

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> ache        95/05/16 02:36:30
> 
>   Modified:    net/tcp_wrapper/patches  patch-aa
>   Log:
>   Enable call of remote pindentd

with this change tcpd _always_ try to get the remote user name.
rfc931/rfc1413 has it's limitations (read rfc 1413, section 6: "Security
Considerations") and should not the default.

You can still do selective username lookups as documented in the
hosts_options(5) manpage.




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