3.1 and Net::Ident

[Steve Martin <st...@planomartins.com>]

I'm getting ready for 3.1 and noticed one of the prerequisites is  
Net::Ident.

MacOS 10.4 no longer includes an ident daemon so I scrounged about a  
bit and found one...

http://www.macmax.org/article.php3?id_article=39

But, it fails test 6 of the Net::Ident install (it still works after  
the connection closes which makes me think is just a "fake" identd.

1) Is Net::Ident really required?
2) Does anyone know a good working identd for MacOS 10.4?

Anytyhing wrong with forcing the install despite the test failure?


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Re: 3.1 and Net::Ident

[Steve Martin <st...@planomartins.com>]

OK, I'll forget identd...

Sometimes it is hard for me to resist trying things like that  
"because they are there".

On Aug 13, 2005, at 5:33 PM, John Rudd wrote:

>
> On Aug 13, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Steve Martin wrote:
>
>
>> 2) Does anyone know a good working identd
>>
>
> this is a contradiction in terms.  "Good" and "working" cannot  
> coexist with "identd".  Ok, I guess you could say that "an identd  
> which accurately implements the identd protocol is 'working'", but  
> that's like saying that "a car that is DESIGNED to explode into a  
> fireball when you drive it, is functioning perfectly when it burns  
> you to death."  (which then suggests that "identd is the pinto of  
> identification/authentication protocols" would be a good  
> description)  But, still, "good" doesn't belong in there.
>
> identd in general is worthless.  So, unless SA is using 'you run  
> identd, so you must be a con-artist' as a means of increasing an SA  
> score, I would avoid using anything based on identd.
>
> http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/identd.html
>
>

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Re: 3.1 and Net::Ident

[John Rudd <jr...@ucsc.edu>]

On Aug 13, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Steve Martin wrote:

> 2) Does anyone know a good working identd

this is a contradiction in terms.  "Good" and "working" cannot coexist 
with "identd".  Ok, I guess you could say that "an identd which 
accurately implements the identd protocol is 'working'", but that's 
like saying that "a car that is DESIGNED to explode into a fireball 
when you drive it, is functioning perfectly when it burns you to 
death."  (which then suggests that "identd is the pinto of 
identification/authentication protocols" would be a good description)  
But, still, "good" doesn't belong in there.

identd in general is worthless.  So, unless SA is using 'you run 
identd, so you must be a con-artist' as a means of increasing an SA 
score, I would avoid using anything based on identd.

http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/identd.html

Re: 3.1 and Net::Ident

[Steve Martin <st...@planomartins.com>]

My mistake.

I wasn't looking to closely just saw the list of things it said  
weren't installed.

I guess it isn't a big deal, but now that I've started down the path  
of trying to get it working ...

On Aug 13, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Michael Parker wrote:

> Steve Martin wrote:
>
>
>> I'm getting ready for 3.1 and noticed one of the prerequisites is
>> Net::Ident.
>>
>
>
> Correction, one of the optional modules.....It is not required.
>
> Why gave you the idea that it was a required module?
>
> Michael
>
>

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Re: 3.1 and Net::Ident

[Michael Parker <pa...@pobox.com>]

Steve Martin wrote:

> I'm getting ready for 3.1 and noticed one of the prerequisites is 
> Net::Ident.


Correction, one of the optional modules.....It is not required.

Why gave you the idea that it was a required module?

Michael