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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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