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Comment by swixmix

An implementation of auth is identd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ident_protocol

It is a way for the server to verify which username initiated a connection from the client by connecting back to the client on a privileged port and ask, referencing the local and remote port of the target connection.

parent swixmix 3 years ago

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