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On Jan 20, 2008, at 4:00 AM, Fabian Wenk wrote:
>
> Anjang Aki wrote:
>> i'm using oidentd-2.0.8 installed through /usr/ports/security/oidentd
>> for ident authentication
>
>> is this normal for those who are using oidentd as ident daemon? or
>> should i try other ident daemon?
>
> Is there a reason why you do not use the identd from FreeBSD itself?

Alternativey, use 'liedentd' from ports and it won't give away  
information about your users.  It also won't create any additional  
processes - I promise.

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