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Date:      Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:18:18 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ident daemon: oIdentd creating a lot of processes
Message-ID:  <86bq7fntxx.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <9019C94F-5618-44F3-9590-D63C19A36B60@opensail.org> (Wes Peters's message of "Sun\, 20 Jan 2008 22\:54\:28 -0800")
References:  <20080120120016.6EBDA16A4DF@hub.freebsd.org> <9019C94F-5618-44F3-9590-D63C19A36B60@opensail.org>

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Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org> writes:
> Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch> writes:
> > 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.

uh, inetd's own identd can also be configured to not reveal any
information, and doesn't create any additional processes either, so
what's your upside?

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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