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10.3: Enable identd server for internet relay chat use
Authored by: macosxSUCKS on Mar 26, '05 12:50:35PM

OK What the heck is wrong with apple? This is total BS. What kind of company takes away important features in an "upgrade"? Now instead of connecting to IRC like I normally would I have to spend hours trying to figure this crap out thanks to some pinheads at apple making rash decisions. I don't know what they expected their users to do but I gotta say they are reminding me more and more of the rotten service and performance you'd expect from a bill gates product. Aside from the graphics interface of OS X, OS 9 was a much better, more user-friendly operating system.



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10.3: Enable identd server for internet relay chat use
Authored by: echelonbe86 on May 16, '05 07:15:50AM

Hey macosxSUCKS, ever tried google.com to search why? identd is a totally useless and insecure protocol! You are blaming the wrong people. You should blame the IRC servers that believe in suck a pointless protocol, like irc.efnet.net.
I assume you are not very familiar with commands in Terminal, so try X-Chat Aqua or something with identd built-in. If it still doesn't work, you probably have blocked internet traffic to port 113, you can easily enable this port in your System Preferences. If it still doesn't work, configure your router/gateway. How to do this depends on the model you have, but most routers have a nice user friendly configuration website. You will hate me for saying this, but you should check your manual ;-)

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