On Thu, 13 Oct 1994, Tony Jago wrote: > I would say that the person is fingering you from one host but is > bounceing the finger off different hosts. For example: > > finger @host.to.attack@host.to.bounceoff > > example: finger @brolga.cc.uq.oz.au@archie.au > > I am not sure if this a "bug" or not but alot of system allow this sort > of thing. HP-UX doesn't. SunOS does. AIX also allows this. I am not sure why SunOS and AIX do, but they do... JS _____ __ /\___ \ /\ \ \/__/\ \ ___ ____ __ _____ \ \ \___ _\ \ \ / __`\ /',__\ /'__`\/\ '__`\\ \ _ `\ Joseph Steinberg /\ \_\ \/\ \L\ \/\__, `\/\ __/\ \ \L\ \\ \ \ \ \ The Courant Institute \ \____/\ \____/\/\____/\ \____\\ \ ,__/ \ \_\ \_\ steinber@slinky.nyu.edu \/___/ \/___/ \/___/ \/____/ \ \ \/ \/_/\/_/ +1-201-833-9674 \ \_\ \/_/