17 Nov
1999
17 Nov
'99
11:23
Do I need to have the ident daemon on port 113 running? That port is currently open on the external interface on my firewall.
No. None of the usual services depends on the ident daemon.
This is not totally correct. I had port 113 disabled (&logged) a long time. I got denys during FTP transfers nethertheless FTP worked. But there are some FTP-Servers, which need the port open, else no connection will be made.
I think the question also involved: If *yes*, how secure is it? (And: If *not secure*, is there a way to secure it?) Does anyone have information on that? Torsten Behle FCB/Wilkens Hamburg