From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 12 10:15:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36BCE14BF1 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:14:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA58055; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:09:03 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199907121709.TAA58055@gratis.grondar.za> To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Doug , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a BSD identd Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:08:48 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 22:34:09 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > > As long as the documentation is _clear_ that this is not a front-line > > security tool, but rather a thing to marginally augment logs with > > user-supplied info, then I'll buy it. > > This is why I put forward a motion to move pidentd out of security and > into net / sysutils last year. The suggestion wasn't well received, but > I still think it'd help. I'd also like for the DESCR file for the port > to say: > > "This service offers remote users some identity to report back > to the local admin when complaining about abuse / break-ins > originating from the local host." This issue is way to religious. As long as folk don't do anything blatantly stupid, and as long as the caveats are well documented, it is probably a good idea to just let this one stand, and lean on it gently :-) M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message