On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 06:46:12PM +0530, Strykar wrote:
> > From: Theo de Raadt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 3:39 AM
> > To: Strykar
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: New alternative identd port question
> > 
> > Already I can tell you that our identd server is safer to run.  Really.
> > 
> 
> Just re-read the identd source and I agree.
> Using -U and ~/.ident would work locally, but not for users behind a router
> doing NAT.
> A single static response to ident requests is all that's needed and while
> oident can do this for a NAT network, it's overkill. Maybe I'm one of the
> few who feel this because of having archaic P-200's and the likes as
> routers.
> 
> I'll try to hack the stock ident server to do this and submit a patch.

FWIW, net/oidentd already has this functionality.

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