Comments on: What is Identd?

By: tengrrl

tengrrl — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:54:46 +0000

Thanks. I fixed the typo.

By: Mirco Bauer

Mirco Bauer — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:20:51 +0000

Quoting:
> As Phil explains it, identd is an age-old service that runs on port 13

Port 13 is not ident but daytime is. Ident uses port 113 though.

By: tengrrl

tengrrl — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:24:09 +0000

Andrew,
It’s a security feature. Some IRC networks require identd to make sure that you are who you say you are. While we don’t use it to confirm your logins, it’s one of the built-in features so we have it enabled in case it’s ever needed.

The benefit, otherwise, is that you could assume that someone who is running identd and whose nick shows up without that ~ in front of it is more genuine. I won’t jump to the conclusion that someone without the ~ is a faker though. Firewalls and routers can make that little ~ sign hard to get rid of.
~tengrrl :)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:25:07 +0000

So what benefits does identd offer? I mean, why bother setting it up at all if there are no benefits for having it and no penalties for not?