Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!caen!uwm.edu!bionet!alc!chapman From: chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Fingering Apple (Was Re: System 7.0) Message-ID: <1128@greeley.alc.com> Date: 6 Apr 91 00:29:07 GMT References: <1991Apr2.202156.7857@cs.dal.ca> <1991Apr2.165735.8570@umiami.ir.miami.edu> <1991Apr3.122515.3174@ifi.uio.no> Organization: Ascent Logic Corporation; San Jose, CA Lines: 27 In article <1991Apr3.122515.3174@ifi.uio.no> janl@ifi.uio.no (Nicolai Langfeldt) writes: # But seriously: # janl@saaga ~/hp48>finger moof@apple.com # [apple.com] # connect: Connection timed out # Apple obviosly has a comunications problem... (fancy prompt I have though...) Apple almost assuredly does _not_ have communications problems. Apple.COM and Apple's networks are merely run (and run very well, thank you) by a paranoid, ruthless wizard (who happens to be a buddy of mine) who sees little value and much potential for harm in "fingerd" (the UNIX program which answers "finger" requests). If you want to check whether or not a machine is reachable, the standard method is to use "ping", not "finger". -Brent -- Brent Chapman Ascent Logic Corporation Computer Operations Manager 180 Rose Orchard Way, Suite 200 chapman@alc.com San Jose, CA 95134 Phone: 408/943-0630