Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 09:54:11 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: routed delete my PPP default: how to fight it? Message-ID: <199604091554.JAA15191@rover.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 09 Apr 1996 13:19:35 %2B0200
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: I normally don't run services i don't understand. :) But thanks to : Faried Nawaz, he explained me in private mail how it comes that somebody : wishes to connect to that port. You can also use a fake identd that I use. It just prints out "Warm-Fuzy" in the approved format, then terminates. That's the "encrypted token" for all the users on my machine :-) identd gives you a false sense of security because the information it returns is unreliable. sendmail and some misguided ftp servers use it in an attempt to help identify who is really on the other end of the line. Only the newer IP security options really give you meaninful information here... Warner
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