Re: authentication

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

charles@lunargraphics.net said:
> does linux use the auth service (tcp/113) to authenticate people coming in
> for imap.

That's just the ident service.  If the connecting system is a Unix
box, and it has ident turned on, you can find out what user at the
other end owns the socket.

Now that most boxes are either behind firewalls, running inferior
operating systems, or just have ident shut off, it is of dubious
value.

Steve
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