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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 1996 11:35:01 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        swaits@pr.erau.edu (Stephen Waits)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail/identd
Message-ID:  <199602211835.LAA18406@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960220233415.8997B-100000@moon> from "Stephen Waits" at Feb 20, 96 11:36:36 pm

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> Okay, this really has NOTHING to do with FreeBSD.. but I'm asking anyway 
> because some damn nice and smart (Namely TLambert and GAWollman) fellas 
> are at the top of this list :)
> 
> Where the hell is all the nifty identd stuff logged by sendmail..  In 
> otherwords, I have user x fake mailing user y and I want to know who user 
> x is.  [We are a University - we can legally do such things:) ]

Your confidence may be misplaced.

I don't think identd stuff is logged at all.

Plus it's trivial to make identd lie, if you have root on any box
anywhere.

I think you get "(Unverified)" following the name; your users have to
know to look for that.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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