Not everything in this message is correct. I installed a patch for ident handling that was written by Eric Green and I have not noticed that people could not login or that the MUD freezes what so ever. It is stabel and works pretty well. I would suggest it if you are interested in installing an Ident h.andler On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Barid Bel Medar wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Ben Leibig wrote: > > > The ident thing that lets you see the full address of players entering the mud > > What is this supposed to mean? > > > how meny players have whats needed on their end. > > Is this a question, or a statement? > > Anyone who's running an ident daemon. Telnet to port 113 of a computer > and see if it answers. If it does, an identd is being run. > > > IE how often does it work > > Whenever it's running and you have the correct information. > > > i dont wanna take the time to set it up if it only works every once in > > a while. BUt if it generaly works it might be worth looking at. > > It always works. Do you expect it to just not answer or something? > Linux has it on by default. SunOS does not, but it can be easily > enabled. In other words, about 75-80% of the people who visit your MUD > will have an identd running or be able to run one. Dynamic IP accounts > MUST add an identd to the system, which are found everywhere (for IRC, > usually). > > > IF > > anyone knows about it and could let me know that would be helpful. > > > > Try the Internet Requests for Comments (RFC's). Go to Yahoo, search for > "RFC". Look for the RFC list, then choose the RFC index. Once it's > loaded, search for the word "identification" (search by browser, not web > page). Then click on the RFC number nearby. It will tell you the > implementation of identd as used on all UNIX systems. > > Be aware that the RFC suggests waiting for *at least* 30 seconds to > accomadate network lag. During that time, CircleMUD will not be able to > log on new users. If you plan on running a busy MUD, either find a way > around this or don't use an identd. > > You must also write the ident function yourself. It's pretty easy, but > you have to be prepared to handle all the errors correctly (i.e., only > throw someone off if he refuses to identify himself). There are a lot of > possible responses: connect refused, user hidden, no user present on that > port, and so on. Only in the last two cases should you (normally) throw > users off, as that indicates that you've got someone up to no good on the > other side. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Barid Bel Medar icarus@berkshire.net > Knights of the Cosmos Shayol Ghul Resort and Health Spa > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because > someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at > the top." - English Professor, Ohio University > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >
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