Auth/system-auth & POP3 daemon

[Brian Chabot]

Steven W. Orr wrote:
> You want to disable the identd service. This is done in your firewall. 
> First you disable your identd daemon:

Identd off.  No change.

> Then you set that port for the identd service to refuse your connection, 
> not drop or allow it. I'm using FIAIF so my config for that port looks 
> like this:
> 
> INPUT[5]="REJECT tcp ident 0.0.0.0/0=>0.0.0.0/0"

That may be an idea, but I think it might cause some confusion in the 
logs.  If my hypothesis is right, the auth service is being used to add 
the username to the logs.  This is a Good Thing (tm)

Brian
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