Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 11:26:06 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: auth and port 113 Message-ID: <9605221526.AA08873@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960522125215.18276E-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> References: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960522125215.18276E-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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<<On Wed, 22 May 1996 12:53:45 +1000 (EST), HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> said: > i'd like to know what exactly is this "auth" thing that resides on port > 113. Who uses it? What can it do? What good is it? You'll get lots of conflicting answers, which are all 99.94% opinion. My personal opinion: it's worthless; don't waste your time on it. > and if a DOS-based telnet client doesn't recognise this auth thing, why > does it take 10 seconds before the login: prompt appears? It's doing a host lookup. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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