On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 04:58:43PM +1200, Chris, the Young One wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 07:55:22PM -0000, John Conover wrote:
> > Is it wise to run auth/identd on an email gateway?
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> It's up to you. Since your gateway software probably always runs as the
> same user, the ident conveys no additional information.
One thing that *is* wise is to make sure that if you don't run
auth/ident, make sure traffic to port 113 is visibly rejected and not
just dropped. Dropping it will cause timeout hell to be spawned upon
you.
Greetz, Peter.
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