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Martin Furter <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
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Package: firewall ident daemon
System name: fidentd
Type: 2

Description:
fidentd is a replacement for the ident daemon.
It\'s new feature is, that if it runs on a firewall with NAT it
forwards ident requests to the real clieant or it can generate an
answer looking at the real endpoints of the connection.

For example if you have a firewall and and behind the firewall more
than one user that want\'s to user IRC you need fidentd. The IRC
server can then lookup the usernames of users which is not possible
with standard idet daemons.

Externally fidentd uses the ident protocol described in RFC-1413.
But internally it must use an enhanced version of this protocol
because we now have an fidentd in the middle (on the firewall) which
creates a new request an sends it to the real client. The real client
must also have an identd running which understands this enhanced
protocol.
fidentd can also reply with a username depending on the clients IP
address.

I allready have some code which is running on the firewall of a friend
but it just sends answers depending of the real clients IP address and
it probably is not as stable as it should be.

Other Software Required:
fidentd requires a linux kernel version 2.4.x

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