Not necessarily. The identd daemon is used for identifcation purposes. It can
retrieve such items as the user name, os type, etc...
A prime example of when this comes into play is when you connect to an IRC server.
It just basically provides minimal identification. In fact, some IRC servers won't
let you connect without identd enabled (efnet comes to mind...)
Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
> I just saw this in my /var/log/messages. Am I under attack ?
>
> Aug 16 18:52:42 localhost identd[4337]: Connection from awpti.org
> Aug 16 18:52:42 localhost identd[4337]: from: 204.62.193.74 ( awpti.org ) for: 1
> 997, 21
>
> Aug 16 19:02:41 localhost identd[4468]: Connection from awpti.org
> Aug 16 19:02:45 localhost identd[4468]: from: 204.62.193.74 ( awpti.org ) for: 2
> 004, 21
>
> --
> Standard is better than better. If your web page cares what browser I'm using
> it's broken.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> **********************************************************
> To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the
> *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:
> unsubscribe gnhlug
> **********************************************************
**********************************************************
To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the
*body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:
unsubscribe gnhlug
**********************************************************
