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Does the Internet Junkbuster thwart identification by identd?

April 26, 2017identd Identification internet junkbuster thwart

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Does the Internet Junkbuster thwart identification by identd?

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We think so, provided you are not the user running the junkbuster. If your computer (or your ISP’s) is running the identd demon, servers can ask it for the identity of the user making the request at time you request a page from them. But if you’re going through a proxy, they will identify the user name associated with the proxy, not you. A visit to http://ident.junkbusters.com lets you see what’s happening. This test is (quite rightly) blocked by many firewalls; just interrupt the transfer if you get an abnormal wait after clicking. Running other applications may also expose you via identd; the proxy of course doesn’t help then.

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We think so, provided you are not the user running the proxy. If your computer (or your ISP’s) is running the identd demon, servers can ask it for the identity of the user making the request at time you request a page from them. But if you’re going through a proxy, they will identify the user name associated with the proxy, not you. A visit to http://ident.junkbusters.com lets you see what’s happening. This test is (quite rightly) blocked by many firewalls; just interrupt the transfer if you get an abnormal wait after clicking. Running other applications may also expose you via identd; the proxy of course doesn’t help then.