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From: HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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Subject: auth and port 113
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G'day

i'd like to know what exactly is this "auth" thing that resides on port 
113. Who uses it? What can it do? What good is it?

and if a DOS-based telnet client doesn't recognise this auth thing, why 
does it take 10 seconds before the login: prompt appears?


thanks!

XXX
ivan