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Date:      Thu, 12 Oct 1995 09:23:39 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
Cc:        Satoshi Asami <asami@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/libident - Imported sources 
Message-ID:  <282.813486219@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Oct 1995 00:52:08 MST." <199510120752.AAA06086@precipice.shockwave.com> 

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> IDENT is ***NOT*** a security protocol.  Please remove it from security,
> it is an ACCOUNTING protocol at best, and utter horse-shit at worse.
> 

But even a shitty authentication tool is a security tool...

And stop shouting please !

:-)
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It will be some time yet before progress goes too far... (Poul Henningsen)



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