[6376] in RedHat Linux List
Inetd: security questions.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Borg)
Wed Nov 27 01:52:22 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 21:50:17 -0800
From: Borg <vladimip@iceonline.com>
To: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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Hi,
When I visit some www sites and connect to certain hosts,
soimetimes I get something like that in my /var/log/messages:
Nov 26 20:23:32 borg identd[7049]: Connection from somehost.com
Nov 26 20:23:32 borg identd[7049]: Successful lookup: 1257 , 23 : vlad
(sometimes it's a different port such as 80 but it always
says "Succesful lookup: blah blah : vlad)
What does it mean and what are they trying to do? How do I
disable that "feature" letting others look at my user name?
They are not doing it through finger or smtp because there's
nothing in /var/log/secure!
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Vlad Petersen | Linux: multiuser, multitasking,
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vladimip @ iceonline.com | Ceterum censeo Microsoftam delendam esse
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