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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Re: Finger
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 04:23:57 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
- Lines: 38
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1ekdktINNpks@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <01GRE2AV0WPE0000EV@techno.isc.rit.edu>
- Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
- NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu
-
- In article <01GRE2AV0WPE0000EV@techno.isc.rit.edu>, ECLDCO@techno.isc.rit.edu (Eric Loyd - Data Center Operations, x7320) writes:
- > 2) The plan file that finger prints _could very well_ contain
- > nasties that wreak havoc with terminals that are looking
- > for the right thing. I believe that filtering _this_
- > information is what would be useful.
-
- MULTInet finger already does this:
- $ DUMP/RECORD=COUNT=1 .PLAN
-
- Dump of file $1$DIA0:[CARL].PLAN;3 on 20-NOV-1992 20:07:11.93
- File ID (10597,15,0) End of file block 1 / Allocated 3
-
- Record number 1 (00000001), 63 (003F) bytes
-
- 69746163 69666964 6F4D4A5B 1B485B1B .[H.[JModificati 000000
- 206F7420 474B4350 544D2066 6F206E6F on of MTPCKG to 000010
- 66206465 656E2065 74616E69 6D696C65 eliminate need f 000020
- 2E7669 7270204F 495F5948 5020726F or PHY_IO priv.. 000030
-
- $ FINGER CARL
- CARL Carl J Lydick 20605E8C NEWSRDR txc1
-
- Plan:
-
- .[H.[JModification of MTPCKG to eliminate need for PHY_IO priv.
- Modification of 370PLOTS to provide better margins.
-
- Now, FINGER doesn't filter the information passed to it by other systems.
- Neither does TELNET. Neither does FTP. It's up to the administrator of the
- remote system to make sure that the finger daemon there does the filtering.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-