Re: Strange log ...

Glynn Clements (glynn@sensei.co.uk)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:40:05 +0200 (GMT--1:00)


Alan Cox wrote:

> > associated with each connection. If you have multiple boxes under your
> > control, this information can be useful (i.e. if you control the
> > client system, then you can assume that the information which identd
> > provides is valid).
>
> This is not the case. You cannot prove a third party intercepted and
> changed the session. identd needs to have secure hashes added to it to make
> it useful for anything.

Are you talking about generic TCP hijacking, or something specific to
ident?

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu