xyon wrote: > IDENT request on tcp/113.. of course most of us drop connections on any > port we don't use, so if they don't get a response, they drop your
Why would anyone do that? DROP is a misbehaviour similar to the clueless ICMP blocking (and breaking things like PMTU discovery) which is even done on major sites. Of course it's reasonable to have rate-limiting for REJECT rules, just as for ACCEPT. > message thinking you are someone bad. The recommended solution is to ... have an identd, even if it's only a fake one that always returns "nobody" (like I do). -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
