Re: Is ident secure?

[Martin Fluch]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Martin F Krafft wrote:

> > this is a severe exaggeration.
> > most people who bitch about identd don't even understand what its for.
>
> okay, i give you that, but still, i have yet to encounter one sensibly
> good use for ident. any shots?

Consider the following situation: You admin a computer and some user tries
to atack an other computer from this one. Then the admin of the attacked
computer can tell _you_, from which user the attack was coming, which
helps you.

Identd is IMHO not usefull for other systems but the one it is running on,
but there it can be usefull.

Martin



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