Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 18:50:08 -0700 From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> To: torstenb@ramsey.saar.de (Torsten Blum) Cc: ache@freefall.cdrom.com (Andrey A. Chernov), CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-ports@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net/tcp_wrapper/patches patch-aa Message-ID: <199505170150.SAA23777@precipice.shockwave.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 May 1995 22:15:56 %2B0200." <m0sBT25-000O2oC@ramsey.saar.de>
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From: torstenb@ramsey.saar.de (Torsten Blum) Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net/tcp_wrapper/patches patch-aa > 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. Exactly. This change is insanely stupid and should not be the default. Paul
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