Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:33:30 -0800 From: Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ident daemon: oIdentd creating a lot of processes Message-ID: <C50784F7-3826-417F-ACAF-FA74C410F908@opensail.org> In-Reply-To: <86bq7fntxx.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <20080120120016.6EBDA16A4DF@hub.freebsd.org> <9019C94F-5618-44F3-9590-D63C19A36B60@opensail.org> <86bq7fntxx.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Jan 21, 2008, at 6:18 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> 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?
Not having to run inetd? No configuration? Simple, easy to audit code?
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Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters wes@opensail.org
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