Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:07:27 -0500 From: Chip Norkus <wd@arpa.com> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: Fwd: IRC vs identd vs inetd.conf vs me! [255...?] Message-ID: <20020606160727.R1929@arpa.com> In-Reply-To: <20020605232535.R45306-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 11:30:02PM -0400 References: <20020603010926.K1929@arpa.com> <20020605232535.R45306-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Wed Jun 05, 2002; 11:30PM -0400 Peter Leftwich propagated the following: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Chip Norkus wrote: > > > > I continue to get errors similar to the ones above, and wonder why the IP is coming out as 255's and not my actual IP address. Is it possible to run identd "cloaked" (or whatever) as auth externally and not just "nowait, internal, etc?" > > > The IP is probably coming out as 255.255.255.255 because the IRC server software, either: > > I need clarification here... when you say "IRC server software," do you > mean the program running at the destination or on my PC? > I mean the program running at the destination (the IRC server). > > > a) Tries to hide your real IP address, from the logs. > > > b) Can not resolve your IP address, or similar. > > > 'a' is correct here. Most IRC servers basically avoid ever outputting the > > real IP address of.. well.. anything, to just about anyone. > > b is incorrect. > > > As for identd and IRC servers, when using the internal inetd auth service, be sure to change the '-o UNKNOWN' option to '-o UNIX', or the IRC server won't believe your ident reply comes from a correct rfc1413 source. This is silliness on the part of the IRC server. -wd > > -- > > chip norkus; unix geek and programmer; wd@arpa.com > > "question = (to) ? be : !be;" --Shakespeare http://telekinesis.org/ > > I made the change to "-o UNIX" then tried connecting to some IRC servers > listed as EFnet ones, such as irc.mindspring.com and irc.umich.edu and > irc.easynews.com but still having that same problem with 255's and it > saying "banned." Bizarre. Any other ideas? > If you're IRCing as root, or using some other poor choice for a username, you may incur this problem. Also, a lot of EFnet servers are restricted to most users. You'll have to bounce around to find out which ones you can use. > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -wd -- chip norkus; unix geek and programmer; wd@arpa.com "question = (to) ? be : !be;" --Shakespeare http://telekinesis.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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