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   From: boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org   
      
   Hello,   
      
   Ramon F Herrera a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> If you don't run an ident server, you should reply to the connection   
   >> attempts with RST, so that the other machine will give up immediately   
   >> rather than waiting for a timeout.   
   >   
   > Thanks for your reply, Barry. Notice that I am not running SSH in this   
   > particular case, but old-fashioned (and insecure) Berkeley rsh. This   
   > is only for a short time, until the SSH-based client and server are   
   > developed. There is no firewall between the client and server, only a   
   > VPN tunnel with nothing blocked.   
      
   Not even the Windows XP built-in firewall ?   
      
   > It seems that my Linux server wants my Windows PC to have an 'ident'   
   > server on port 113.   
      
   No, it just wants a reply, i.e. an open (listening service) or closed   
   (no listening service) port but not a filtered or "stealth" port.   
      
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