Check or Attack Name: identd

An identd response has been detected, indicating that the identd daemon was detected and this exploit was attempted.

Ask your vendor for the latest sendmail patches or upgrade to the latest version of sendmail.

CERT Advisory CA-96.20, Sendmail Vulnerabilities, http://www.cert.org/ftp/cert_advisories/CA-96.20.sendmail_vul

CERT Advisory CA-96.20, Sendmail Vulnerabilities, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-96.20.sendmail_vul.html

Sendmail Consortium, Sendmail FAQ, http://www.sendmail.org/faq

Sendmail Consortium, Recent sendmail versions, http://www.sendmail.org

Sendmail Consortium, Recent sendmail versions, ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail