Re: [TCLUG:11476] auth in /etc/inetd.conf

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@eggplant.mtu.net>]

On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 08:49:58PM -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote:
> Jon Schewe wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 06:57:47PM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote:
> > > Quoting Jon P Schewe (schewe@tcfreenet.org):
> > > > What is the auth service used for?
> > >
> > > pidentd.
> > 
> > So do I really need it open to the outside?
> 
> Uhh. Only if you want to use 99.99% of IRC servers. A lot of stuff hits
> it though, so I stopped logging it at least...

I'm not actually logging it, I was just doing some traffic analysis and saw a
lot of connections from one machine to the auth port and the IP doesn't
resolve.

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Jon Schewe
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