identd -- do I need it?

[Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>]

What is utility of identd daemon?

Also, is it normail that it restarts once every five minutes or more
often?

,----[ flom logs ]
| [ ... ]
| Jan  9 23:09:28 tea identd[14851]: started
| Jan  9 23:14:36 tea identd[14938]: started
| Jan  9 23:19:44 tea identd[14965]: started
| Jan  9 23:24:52 tea identd[14997]: started
| Jan  9 23:30:00 tea identd[15019]: started
| [ ... ]
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Thanks!
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