Is there any reason (other than the loss of remote user identification
services on my host) that I might _not_ want to disable identd?
Seems to me I have no need for it.
Kyle Amon
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Subject: Re: port 113?
Author: Bill Bunting <wbunting @
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Date: 2/10/96 8:07 AM
At 11:36 AM 2/9/96 +0500, Jim Legg wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I noticed in my log files the following (just a snippet):
>
>2/9-10:42:07-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/3054 -> 206.214.232.100/www 44 syn
>2/9-10:42:08-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/1867 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:11-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/1867 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:17-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/1867 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:29-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/1867 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:53-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/1867 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:55-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/3055 -> 206.214.232.100/www 44 syn
>2/9-10:42:55-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/3056 -> 206.214.232.100/www 44 syn
>2/9-10:42:56-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/2005 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:56-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/2007 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:58-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/2005 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:42:59-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/2007 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:43:04-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/2005 44 syn !pass(64)
>2/9-10:43:05-81 tcp 199.18.25.195/113 <- 206.214.232.100/2007 44 syn !pass(64)
>
>When this web site (nslookup returns Facade.COM) is accessed it tries to come
>back to your system on port 113. What is this port? (It's not listed in my
>/etc/services)
This is the ident protocol. The WWW server is trying to associate a user
name with the connection by using the identification protocol. Sendmail
will do the same thing (if configured).
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