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- From: ward@math.psu.edu (Brian Ward)
- Subject: Re: Where can I find a "fingerd" that fingers the person back?
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- References: <51y1Hzgm!8@atlantis.psu.edu> <1992Aug17.231756.469@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <ROUILJ.92Aug18144223@ra.cs.umb.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 06:23:01 GMT
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- rouilj@cs.umb.edu (John P. Rouillard) writes:
- |Yes, but any hacker with a brain knows about:
- |
- | rsh <somehost where I am not logged on> finger @host.to.hack
- |
- |A reverse finger returns nothing useful in this case, although an
- |rfc931 returns the correct info.
-
- Hey, I just thought of something... You know, if one uses finger indirection,
- in other words, this: I used to be unable to reach world.std.com from psu
- for (!$#@#@!!!) reasons, but, I could do this:
-
- !8 [lagrange]% f kibo@world.std.com@xanth.cs.odu.edu
- [xanth.cs.odu.edu]
- [world.std.com]
- world -- The World -- Public Access UNIX -- SUN 4/280 SUNOS 4.0.3
- 2:15am up 5 days, 1:36, 24 users, load average: 13.36, 12.69, 12.79
-
- kibo . James "Kibo" Parry trn 08 dialup 739-WRLD
- [1546,1546] </users/kibo>; Group: kibo
- Groups: compilers kibo
-
- kibo has new mail as of Wed 19-Aug-92 1:58AM
- last read Wed 19-Aug-92 1:57AM
-
- Plan: (last modified Sat 6-Apr-91 10:18PM)
- "Whoever dies with the most fonts, wins."
-
- !9 [lagrange]%
-
- anyway, my point. if the interim site was running rfc931, and if stuff is
- set up The Way It Should Be, the finger should come to world.std.com from
- nobody@xanth.cs.odu.edu.
-
- ok, things are getting a little too silly. perhaps i should not have
- mentioned it? :)
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-