>
> > A typical syslog entry:
> >
> > Sep 19 05:30:43 mail identd[8469]: from: 208.14.212.3 ( isot.com ) for:
> > 3173, 25
> > Sep 19 05:30:43 mail identd[8469]: Successful lookup: 3173 , 25 :
> > qmailr.qmail
>
> This is different. This is syslog telling you that 208.14.212.3
isot.com )
> is trying to find out who on your machine is connecting to them. I.e.
> they haven't disabled the ident lookup.
>
Oh, Stupid me! I had interpreted this as my system doing the lookup on mail
incoming FROM that address. Thank you for setting me straight on this.
> > My question: How do I disable this remote lookup, or is it
> > necessary/recommended to do the lookup?
>
> If this stuff worries you (and it is a time and resource drain on your
> server) you can use something like tcp_wrappers' /etc/hosts.deny to
prevent
> ident requests from being served to hosts outside of your network, or just
> comment out the identd entry from your /etc/inetd.conf.
>
I will try this. Thank you!
Dennis Duval
