On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Ident is usually started by /etc/inetd.conf. All 'standard' ports are
> in /etc/services. (auth=113)
>
> Not usually a good idea to open identd to listen, as you will only be
> answering other's requests for your info. I'd comment it out. You
> can't booby-trap it like the wrapped services.
>
Well, if I *don't* listen for it, then the IRC servers
won't let me in. :-)
> You can initiate an ident to another
> machine without that port open.
> Every open port is susceptible to the buffer overflow
> attack. It's a plague.
>
Yeah.... OTOH, unless I"m doing some sort of long-term
connectivity, I'm not likely to be flooded (except by some
"script kiddy" who happens to catch me on-line for a couple
hours or so...)
>
> Is NAT a protocol specific to an ISDN router? Or is it
> something I > should be aware of? (DSL)
>
Network Address Translation==NAT. Basically converting a
192.168 "Private" IP address to a "real" IP address that's
being assigned to my router.
The nice thing about the ISDN router is that it doesn't
forward any ports that it's not been specifically told to
forward (except the standard ones for mail clients,
Netscape, ftp clients, etc.)
John
