Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:17:39 -0500 From: "Vivid" <vivid@shaw.wave.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Identd and NAT Install Message-ID: <001101be7184$c0b10140$0200a8c0@windows.housemixes.com> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5F93@site2s1>
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I see, the only reason I was asking is, I know in the Linux distribution, their Identd also does not work over a NAT install. However there are daemons available that not only handle idents on the linux box, but also the connected machines. http://www.ojnk.org/~odin and http://p8ur.op.het.net/midentd/. I am not positive how this works.. but it looks like it will relay the ident through the NAT. As i said I don't know how this works, but they do exist. I will however, try the BNC. BTW What have you had luck using, the BNC that comes with the ports, or another BNC package that is out there. Also what kind of security risks are there if any. (Well of course there are risks :)) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Christopher > Michaels > Sent: March 18, 1999 3:47 PM > To: 'Ben Yiu'; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Identd and NAT Install > > > Use a server that doesn't require ident. ;^) > > I have the same setup. There is nothing configured wrong about > identd, and > as far as I have been able to tell there is no way to configure > NATd to work > around this. I wish there was a better answer because I have the same > setup. > > I believe how identd works, is that when the ident request is sent, the > originating port is sent to the machine, and the identd would respond with > the userid of the owner of the process on that port. The thing > is, the port > number that is being used on the windows machine doesn't correspond to > anything useful on the UNIX machine. ergo, no ident response. > (if someone wants to clarify on anything I may be wrong about please do, > this is my basic understanding). > > The only way I have been able to work around this issue would be > to install > an irc proxy such as BNC and then connect to irc via that. (mIRC would be > connecting to the BSD machine and then the BSD machine would be making the > actual connection to the irc server, and hence ident works.) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Yiu [SMTP:byiu@shaw.wave.ca] > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 2:14 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Identd and NAT Install > > > > Hi, I am having problems with identd over a nat configuration. > My system > > consists of a FreeBSD box with pidentd and nat installed. This box is > > obviously connected to the Internet and there are also windows machines > > which are internal. The identd works fine on the bsd box, > however when I > > try to IRC on one of the windows machines I get the lovely > "please install > > identd" message from the IRC server. I have the settings in MIRC in > > windows > > correctly set. > > > > My thoughts are that I require an identd that will work correctly under > > NAT > > or that I have a configuration problem with pidentd. Can someone help. > > And > > please don't tell me to use a server that does not require identd :) > > Thanks > > > > > > Ben Wentworth > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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