Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 06:14:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Jesse <j@lumiere.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should i enable ident server? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808110613500.5351-100000@leaf.lumiere.net> In-Reply-To: <19980715100940.C15447@cityip.co.za>
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> > should i enable the ident server? Security / performance related > > risks????? > > It's up to you whether you want to run it. There _should_ not be any risks. > > Even if you don't run it, though, I would suggest allowing remote hosts to > connect to your TCP port 113 - even if nothing is listening to it. That > would speed up transactions with remote hosts which try to query your identd. > (Note: This assumes that you're running some form of packet filtering, like > ipfw.) You can use ipfw to speed up the transactions too. Just have it reset connections to the ident port. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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