Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 10:09:40 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: "Numard (Norberto Meijome)" <numard@smartmedia.com.ar>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Should i enable ident server? Message-ID: <19980715100940.C15447@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <35AC5D82.BB1B8BB@smartmedia.com.ar>; from Numard (Norberto Meijome) on Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 05:42:58PM %2B1000 References: <35AC5D82.BB1B8BB@smartmedia.com.ar>
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On Wed, 15 Jul 1998 at 17:42 SAT, Numard (Norberto Meijome) wrote: > > should i enable the ident server? Security / performance related > risks????? It's up to you whether you want to run it. There _should_ not be any risks. Even if you don't run it, though, I would suggest allowing remote hosts to connect to your TCP port 113 - even if nothing is listening to it. That would speed up transactions with remote hosts which try to query your identd. (Note: This assumes that you're running some form of packet filtering, like ipfw.) -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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