identd and irc servers

Scott Lanning slanning at buphy.bu.edu
Sun Nov 28 15:54:34 EST 1999


On 28 Nov 1999 18:25:47 -0000, subb3 at ibm.net wrote:
>Most of the irc servers try to resolve the client identd. Some
>of them do not even allow a connection. How can I fix this problem?
>Where is identd invoked from? Are there any security issues with it?

man identd :)
It can be invoked manually or through inetd.
I never used it and don't know security issues, but I'm sure there
are some.

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