fingerd allows third party fingers
Craig Leres
leres at ace.ee.lbl.gov
Sun Dec 18 09:56:12 AEST 1988
Dave Lawrence writes:
> My question is this: why would a site want to log remote finger requests?
I do it mostly for security (see my posting on "fascist syslogging" in
comp.unix.wizards). It helped me get on top of the internet worm
minutes after it entered LBL. I also find it interesting to see who's
fingering me (and have successfully ducked phone calls from obnoxious
individuals on several occasions).
Craig
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