In some email I received from matthew green, sie wrote:
> 
> 
>  
>    'other' is typically used for encrypted replies which are `useless' to the
>    end user.  My advice is to just recompile identd such that it returns
>    "UNIX" if you are supplying normal usernames in replies.
> 
> would have you a (non unix-like) pc running some irc software and some
> ident software return `UNIX' also, so that the (stupid :) ircd code works ?

that's not unix but :)

I think I addressed this in what I said elsewhere in that e-mail: it isn't
a good solution, but in many environments, it is better than nothing (which
is what we otherwise have) and is still open to abuse...

anyway, 'nuff of this non-netbsd talk..