(no) timeout for auth-requests by authprogs/ident

[Katsuhiro Kondou]

In article <20010423211635.A26117 at noris.de>,
	fany at noris.de wrote;

} when querying hosts behind firewalls which deny auth-requests (that is,
} they don't send reject packets), the authprogs/ident program shipped
} with INN 2.3.{0,1} simply hangs forever, and thus also nnrpd just hangs;
} neither can the user really connect, nor does he get any error message.

Why do you use auth for those clients?
-- 
Katsuhiro Kondou