Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 13:06:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/identify - Imported sources Message-ID: <199904062006.NAA34065@medusa.kfu.com> In-Reply-To: <24922.923423806@axl.noc.iafrica.com> from Sheldon Hearn at "Apr 6, 1999 8:36:46 pm"
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> > > On Tue, 06 Apr 1999 12:23:23 CST, Warner Losh wrote: > > > Unless someone has broken root, or has sniffed packets on your network > > and quickly responded with his/her own evil identity. > > Leave the red herrings alone, they're still trying to figure out whether > they're allowed to split their infinitives. ;-) > > The point is that pidentd's primary role is as a security tool, while > identify's isn't. If _this_ isn't true, then identify should stay where > it is. Otherwise, it really should move. How can you say that one is and the other isn't? They both do the same work, one as a client, and one as a server. It's like saying Samba's smbd is a file sharing utility and smbclient isn't. -- echo afnlre@dhnpx.xsh.pbz |\ : "...You tiny-brained wipers tr 'a-z' 'n-za-m' : of other people's bottoms!" or remove nospam in From: line : http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ : -- French Taunter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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