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There isn't necessarily just a single user on the other end of a PPP connection.
Perhaps I should have phrased it as "single user network connection" and not "PPP". I'm less concerned with the PPP as a protocol than as its modern usage to connect the dialup user.
Many things will break if the actual user and the user that PPP intercepted identd asserts do not match.
Oh?
Providing such information may be a violation of confidentiality if
Login string. e.g. username.
Because the PPP access device cannot know, unless it also tracks all the traffic involved, what ports are in fact in use, it would have to give
If l2 is up, it's up. That's fairly basic...
I believe you misunderstand the purpose of identd. It was intended to ... Nope...
Why do you want this data?
My personal crusade against packet monkeys, spammers, and irresponsible admins who support them by pretending that the net is free for all to abuse. E