Re: Is ident secure?

[Martin F Krafft]

also sprach Colin Phipps (on Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:31:53AM +0100):
> Not if configured appropriately. Good identds don't allow reverse ident
> scanning anymore.

okay, i must admit i didn't know this...

> Agreed, leaking UIDs is serious. Which is why modern identds support returning
> crypted uids which can only be decoded by the originating server admin.

... nor this. however, at the expense of falling on y'all's nerves,
process accounting is still superior IMHO...

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