On Monday 14 August 2006 00:52, Lengyel, Florian wrote: >Pardon me: identd, not inetd. It wasn't a typo. >I know about inetd and xinetd. I was disappointed to see >that the debian hosts use inetd instead of xinetd. > My bad, I actually missread it. Sorry.
So was I, even more disappointed to see that ubuntu apparently isn't using either, virtually everything is controlled from /etc/init.d in a kubuntu install I just did on my cnc machine. On that box the only line in inetd.conf starts with disabled, and only 4 files live in the /etc/xinetd.d directory. identd could have some bearing on it I suppose, but having an identd, given that its used rather extensively as a verfication mechanism by using it as proof there is a machine at that address even if the port response indicates its closed is pretty universal. Here, I've got a pretty tight router and firewall setup, and the only response from my outside address when being scanned with nmap, is from a closed identd port thats actually located in the router. If I actually shut that response off, then I can't access half the web sites on the net. I think I'd start an identd daemon just for effects on that machine. It might not help, but it might not hurt either. [...] -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
