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RE: Inetd: security questions.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dwight Hubbard)
Wed Nov 27 10:34:16 1996
From: Dwight Hubbard <dhubbard@mail.cedarnet.com>
To: "'redhat-list@redhat.com'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:28:27 -0600
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Comment out the line (put a # in front of):
auth stream tcp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.identd -w -t120
in /etc/inetd.conf
and while you're at it you might want to comment out
any other services you aren't using...
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From: Borg[SMTP:vladimip@iceonline.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 1996 11:50 PM
To: Red Hat Mailing List
Subject: Inetd: security questions.
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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#include <disclaimer.h> | *Good pings come in small packets*
Vlad Petersen | Linux: multiuser, multitasking,
Vancouver, B.C | multiplatform, 64-bit and free.
vladimip @ iceonline.com | Ceterum censeo Microsoftam delendam esse
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