diff -ur ../pidentd-3.0.12-orig/src/k_linux.c ./src/k_linux.c
--- ../pidentd-3.0.12-orig/src/k_linux.c	Sat Jan 12 00:44:05 2002
+++ ./src/k_linux.c	Sat Nov  3 07:51:28 2001
@@ -26,12 +26,65 @@
 
 #include "pidentd.h"
 
+#define NETLINK_TCPDIAG 4
+#define TCPDIAG_GETSOCK 18
+
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+
+/* Socket identity */
+struct tcpdiag_sockid
+{
+	__u16	tcpdiag_sport;
+	__u16	tcpdiag_dport;
+	__u32	tcpdiag_src[4];
+	__u32	tcpdiag_dst[4];
+	__u32	tcpdiag_if;
+	__u32	tcpdiag_cookie[2];
+#define TCPDIAG_NOCOOKIE (~0U)
+};
+
+/* Request structure */
+
+struct tcpdiagreq
+{
+	__u8	tcpdiag_family;		/* Family of addresses. */
+	__u8	tcpdiag_src_len;
+	__u8	tcpdiag_dst_len;
+	__u8	tcpdiag_ext;		/* Query extended information */
+
+	struct tcpdiag_sockid id;
+
+	__u32	tcpdiag_states;		/* States to dump */
+	__u32	tcpdiag_dbs;		/* Tables to dump (NI) */
+};
+
+struct tcpdiagmsg
+{
+	__u8	tcpdiag_family;
+	__u8	tcpdiag_state;
+	__u8	tcpdiag_timer;
+	__u8	tcpdiag_retrans;
+
+	struct tcpdiag_sockid id;
+
+	__u32	tcpdiag_expires;
+	__u32	tcpdiag_rqueue;
+	__u32	tcpdiag_wqueue;
+	__u32	tcpdiag_uid;
+	__u32	tcpdiag_inode;
+};
+
+
+int tcpdiag_fd = -1;
+
 /*
 ** Make sure we are running on a supported OS version
 */
 int
 ka_init(void)
 {
+    tcpdiag_fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_TCPDIAG);
     return 0; /* We always succeed */
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +109,144 @@
 }
 
 
+
+int k_lookup_tcpdiag(struct kernel *kp)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_nl nladdr;
+	struct {
+		struct nlmsghdr nlh;
+		struct tcpdiagreq r;
+	} req;
+	struct msghdr msg;
+	char	buf[8192];
+	struct  iovec iov[1];
+	struct  tcpdiagmsg *r;
+	static  unsigned seqno = 123456;
+
+	memset(&nladdr, 0, sizeof(nladdr));
+	nladdr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_len = sizeof(req);
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_type = TCPDIAG_GETSOCK;
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST;
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_pid = 0;
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_seq = ++seqno;
+	memset(&req.r, 0, sizeof(req.r));
+	req.r.tcpdiag_family = AF_INET;
+	req.r.tcpdiag_states = ~0;
+
+	req.r.id.tcpdiag_dport = kp->remote.sin_port;
+	req.r.id.tcpdiag_sport = kp->local.sin_port;
+	req.r.id.tcpdiag_dst[0] = kp->remote.sin_addr.s_addr;
+	req.r.id.tcpdiag_src[0] = kp->local.sin_addr.s_addr;
+	req.r.id.tcpdiag_cookie[0] = TCPDIAG_NOCOOKIE;
+	req.r.id.tcpdiag_cookie[1] = TCPDIAG_NOCOOKIE;
+	kp->ruid = NO_UID;
+
+	iov[0] = (struct iovec){ &req, sizeof(req) };
+
+	msg = (struct msghdr) {
+		(void*)&nladdr, sizeof(nladdr),
+		iov,	1,
+		NULL,	0,
+		0
+	};
+
+	if (sendmsg(tcpdiag_fd, &msg, 0) < 0) {
+		if (errno == ECONNREFUSED) {
+			close(tcpdiag_fd);
+			tcpdiag_fd = -1;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "system error on tcpdiag sendmsg: %m");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	iov[0] = (struct iovec){ buf, sizeof(buf) };
+
+	while (1) {
+		int status;
+		struct nlmsghdr *h;
+
+		msg = (struct msghdr) {
+			(void*)&nladdr, sizeof(nladdr),
+			iov,	1,
+			NULL,	0,
+			0
+		};
+
+		status = recvmsg(tcpdiag_fd, &msg, 0);
+
+		if (status < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)
+				continue;
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (status == 0) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		h = (struct nlmsghdr*)buf;
+		while (NLMSG_OK(h, status)) {
+			int err;
+
+			if (/*h->nlmsg_pid != rth->local.nl_pid ||*/
+			    h->nlmsg_seq != seqno)
+				goto skip_it;
+
+			if (h->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE)
+				return -1;
+			if (h->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR) {
+				struct nlmsgerr *err = (struct nlmsgerr*)NLMSG_DATA(h);
+				if (h->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct nlmsgerr))) {
+					return -1;
+				} else {
+					errno = -err->error;
+					if (errno == ECONNREFUSED) {
+						close(tcpdiag_fd);
+						tcpdiag_fd = -1;
+						return 0;
+					}
+					if (errno != ENOENT)
+						syslog(LOG_ERR, "tcpdiag answers: %m");
+				}
+				return -1;
+			}
+
+			r = NLMSG_DATA(h);
+
+			/* Lookup _may_ return listening socket, if no
+			 * better matches are found. */
+			if (r->id.tcpdiag_dport == kp->remote.sin_port &&
+			    r->id.tcpdiag_dst[0] == kp->remote.sin_addr.s_addr) {
+				kp->ruid = r->tcpdiag_uid;
+				if (!r->tcpdiag_inode && !r->tcpdiag_uid) {
+					/* _NEVER_ return "root" for closed
+					 * sockets. Otherwise people think
+					 * that it is sysadmin who abuses their
+					 * poor ircd. :-) */
+					syslog(LOG_NOTICE,
+					       "Req for stale socket(%d) %d from %x/%d",
+					       r->tcpdiag_state, ntohs(r->id.tcpdiag_sport),
+					       r->id.tcpdiag_dst[0], ntohs(r->id.tcpdiag_dport));
+					return -1;
+				}
+				return 1;
+			}
+
+			return -1;
+
+skip_it:
+			h = NLMSG_NEXT(h, status);
+		}
+		if ((msg.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC) || status) {
+			syslog(LOG_ERR, "truncated tcp_diag message");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
 int 
 ka_lookup(void *vp, struct kernel *kp)
 {
@@ -64,16 +255,23 @@
     long r_laddr, r_raddr, myladdr, myraddr;
     int r_lport, r_rport, mylport, myrport;
     int euid;
-    
-    
+
+    if (tcpdiag_fd >= 0) {
+	    int res;
+	    if ((res = k_lookup_tcpdiag(kp)) != 0)
+		    return res;
+	    syslog(LOG_ERR, "tcp_diag is not loaded, fallback to proc");
+    }
+
+
     r_rport = ntohs(kp->remote.sin_port);
     r_lport = ntohs(kp->local.sin_port);
     r_raddr = kp->remote.sin_addr.s_addr;
     r_laddr = kp->local.sin_addr.s_addr;
+    kp->ruid = NO_UID;
 
     fp = (FILE *) vp;
 
-    kp->ruid = NO_UID;
     rewind(fp);
 
     /* eat header */
@@ -82,13 +280,26 @@
 
     while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, fp) != NULL)
     {
-	if (sscanf(buf, "%*d: %lx:%x %lx:%x %*x %*x:%*x %*x:%*x %*x %d %*d %*d",
-		   &myladdr, &mylport, &myraddr, &myrport, &euid) == 5)
+        int state, ino;
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%*d: %x:%x %x:%x %x %*x:%*x %*x:%*x %*x %d %*d %u",
+		   &myladdr, &mylport, &myraddr, &myrport,
+		   &state, &euid, &ino) == 7)
 	{
 	    if (myladdr == r_laddr && mylport == r_lport &&
 		myraddr == r_raddr && myrport == r_rport)
 	    {
 		kp->euid = euid;
+                if (ino == 0 && euid == 0)
+		{
+			/* _NEVER_ return "root" for closed
+			 * sockets. Otherwise people think
+			 * that it is sysadmin who abuses their
+			 * poor ircd. :-) */
+		    syslog(LOG_NOTICE,
+			   "Req for stale socket(%d) %d from %x/%d",
+			   state, r_rport, r_raddr, r_lport);
+		    return -1;
+		}
 		return 1;
 	    }
 	}