identd explanation?

From: Dan Kirkpatrick <dkirk_at_suhep.phy.syr.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:56:34 -0400

We have the following message in our logs...
what does it mean and what is the purpose of identd?

Jun 15 04:18:38 corvus identd[2322]: Connection from 199.0.22.2
Jun 15 04:18.38 corvus identd[2322]: Successful lookup: 1777,25:root

Thanks,
Dan

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