NAME Net::Ident - lookup the username on the remote end of a TCP/IP connection SYNOPSIS use Net::Ident; $username = Net::Ident::lookup(SOCKET, $timeout); $username = Net::Ident::lookupFromInAddr($localsockaddr, $remotesockaddr, $timeout); $obj = Net::Ident->new(SOCKET, $timeout); $obj = Net::Ident->newFromInAddr($localsockaddr, $remotesockaddr, $timeout); $status = $obj->query; $status = $obj->ready; $username = $obj->username; ($username, $opsys, $error) = $obj->username; $fh = $obj->getfh; $txt = $obj->geterror; use Net::Ident 'ident_lookup'; $username = ident_lookup(SOCKET, $timeout); use Net::Ident 'lookupFromInAddr'; $username = lookupFromInAddr($localsockaddr, $remotesockaddr, $timeout); use Net::Ident ':fh'; $username = SOCKET->ident_lookup($timeout); use Net::Ident ':apache'; # my Apache $r; $c = $r->connection; $username = $c->ident_lookup($timeout); OVERVIEW Net::Ident is a module that looks up the username on the remote side of a TCP/IP connection through the ident (auth/tap) protocol described in RFC1413 (which supersedes RFC931). Note that this requires the remote site to run a daemon (often called identd) to provide the requested information, so it is not always available for all TCP/IP connections.