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diff --git a/net/fair-identd/DESCR b/net/fair-identd/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..eeaa0b56d29 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/fair-identd/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +This is Erik E. Fair's implementation of identd: + + A proper identification protocol (RFC 1413) implementation, + providing all the utility, security, and authentication of + all other implementations of this protocol, without all the + expensive and pointless grovelling in /dev/kmem. + + Careful design and software engineering makes this software + efficient, fast, compact, scalable, and completely maintenance + free. + + Anyone who feels the need to use a daemon more complex than + this one should go read section 6 of RFC 1413 very carefully, + and think again. + + Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>, February 1, 2000 |