Suggestion for improved identD
Ehud Gavron
GAVRON at ACES.COM
Tue May 19 23:24:16 UTC 1998
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>There isn't necessarily just a single user on the other end of a PPP
>connection.
Perhaps I should have phrased it as "single user network
connection" and not "PPP". I'm less concerned with the
PPP as a protocol than as its modern usage to connect the
dialup user.
>Many things will break if the actual user and the user
>that PPP intercepted identd asserts do not match.
Oh?
>Providing such information may be a violation of confidentiality if
Login string. e.g. username.
>Because the PPP access device cannot know, unless it also tracks all the
>traffic involved, what ports are in fact in use, it would have to give
If l2 is up, it's up. That's fairly basic...
>I believe you misunderstand the purpose of identd. It was intended to
...
Nope...
>Why do you want this data?
My personal crusade against packet monkeys, spammers, and
irresponsible admins who support them by pretending that
the net is free for all to abuse.
E
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