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DATE | 2002-08-12 |
FROM | Ray Connolly
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SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] X-chat and ident service
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Thanks, i thought there was a safer alternative, now let research enabling a safer, workable alternative.
will anyone be in the irc hangout tonight?
-----Original Message----- From: Ron Guerin [mailto:ron-at-vnetworx.net] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:43 PM To: Ray Connolly Subject: RE: [hangout] X-chat and ident service
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 11:31, Ray Connolly wrote: > > Hmmm, ok, i seem to think i have inetd turned off altough i cant be sure as > i am at work in a windows world :( > will anyone be on irc tonight? >
You don't want to run a real ident daemon anyway. It's not the best idea.
Check into one of these safer alternatives: nullidentd, oidentd, mdidentd.
The only thing identd is good for is revealing more about your system than you want others to know.
Ron ____________________________ New Yorker Free Software Users Scene Fair Use - because it's either fair use or useless....
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