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Date:      Tue, 06 Apr 1999 11:25:53 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>
To:        Nick Sayer <nsayer@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/identify - Imported sources 
Message-ID:  <18803.923390753@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:07:31 PST." <199904021907.LAA79725@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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On Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:07:31 PST, Nick Sayer wrote:

>   Log Message:
>   Add "identify" daemon wrapper. Allows one to add ident lookup and logging
>   to arbitrary daemons (like telnetd or fingerd).

Since a remote host's response to your ident request offers you nothing
in terms of security, I'd _strongly_ recommend that this port be moved
to net and _not_ left in security, where it's bound to mislead the
uninitiated.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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