Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Ident protocol
open-in-new
<p>The Ident Protocol (Identification Protocol, Ident), specified in <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1413">RFC 1413</a>, is an <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a> <a href="/facts/Protocol_(computing)/5uady7cB">protocol</a> that helps identify the user of a particular <a href="/facts/Transmission_Control_Protocol/WW4sPrt9">TCP</a> connection. One popular <a href="/facts/Daemon_(computer_software)/bzuEVGGX">daemon program</a> for providing the ident service is identd. </p>