from the quill of Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
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Aye karumba!
> I'd like to add to this that if you *do* run ident, you should make sure
> it returns something that only you can interpret (like a UID) and
> specifically does *not* return a username. Otherwise, the ident returns
> will be collected when people on the system visit web sites and from
> there
> will be used by spammers.
I can't believe I forgot to add the usual caveat to running ident. Yes, do
make sure that your ident does not return logon id's either. They can be
used by crackers as the first peice of info needed when launching an attack
against your machine(s).
b.
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