---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:50:03 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Conover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: auth/identd? On 23 Aug 1999, John Conover wrote: > Peter Samuel writes: > > > > If you run qmail-smtpd from either inetd/tcp-env or tcpserver then the > > default operation is to do identd lookups. However, you can turn these > > off by using the -R option to either tcpenv or tcpserver. See the man > > pages for both. > > > > This one is from tcp-env(1): > > > > -r (Default.) Attempt to obtain TCPREMOTEINFO from the remote > > host. > > > > -R Do not attempt to obtain TCPREMOTEINFO from the remote host. > > > > > > Thanks, Peter. Is it common to use identd for qmail-smtp? > > Thanks, Depends on your setup. If you can trust the remote site to give you correct information, then you can use identd without fear. However, if you can't trust the remote site, then it's probably not much use to you. It also adds a fair bit of latency to the initial exchange - especially if the remote end does not support identd at all. In cases such as these you can add as much as 10 seconds to each transaction, waiting for the identd call to timeout. As a rule, I disable it whereever I can. Regards Peter ---------- Peter Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Consultant or at present: eServ. Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 2 9206 3410 Fax: +61 2 9281 1301 "If you kill all your unhappy customers, you'll only have happy ones left"
