Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:43:12 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: Chip Norkus <wd@arpa.com>, FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fwd: IRC vs identd vs inetd.conf vs me! [255...?] Message-ID: <20020606204312.GB21264@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020605232535.R45306-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020603010926.K1929@arpa.com> <20020605232535.R45306-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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[ Attributions fixed. Please keep them instead of deleting them. ] On 2002-06-05 23:30 -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Chip Norkus wrote: > > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Peter Leftwich 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? Yes, that's what I meant. The "IRC server software" is the program that runs on the remote machine, on the "IRC server". When you fire up your favorite "IRC client", you are are using your client program to connect to the "IRC server", and issue commands or send text to other users connected to the same "IRC server". Why are you so confused about it? ;-) - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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