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- From: tching@target.water.ca.gov (Tracy Ching <SysAdmin>)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
- Subject: Re: Where can I find a "fingerd" that fingers the person back?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.225032.637@csus.edu>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 22:50:32 GMT
- Sender: news@csus.edu
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: California State University, Sacramento
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- In article <1992Aug22.150138.14345@wam.umd.edu> reh@wam.umd.edu (Huddleston) writes:
- >
- >It seems to me that, if someone at a "secure" government net site wants to
- >disable the local finger daemon, the well-known port number for that process
- > .....
- >"ranting" is probably a little strong, but fingering someone is pretty much
- >an innocent act. Do you also regret that there's no mechanism for knowing
- >who looks up your name in the phone book?
- >
- True... fingering someone is an innocent act. No argument there.
- One comment - internally finger must work for other employees to see.
- I do have a question regarding that. Does anyone in net-land remotely
- agree that the finger is a possible security hole for a well seasoned
- unix guru? (that which I am obviously not and admit it)
-