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From: bygg@sunet.se (Johnny Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,alt.security
Subject: Re: nosy finger daemons
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Date: 25 Jun 91 13:37:15 GMT
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In article <1991Jun22.160026.8876@nntp.hut.fi> alo@hiisi.hut.fi (Antti Louko) writes:

# I haven't seen it before, but I have thought about it. I decided not
# to implement it. Why? Think about it. What if my fingerd and theirs
# both implement this "feature"? How long they will keep fingering each
# other?
# 
# Or if I find another internet site who implements this, say
# rixrax.foo.com and give command
# 
# finger @tiger.nrl.navy.mil@rixrax.foo.com
# 
# and let them finger each other forever.

Why not:

finger @tiger.nrl.navy.mil@tiger.nrl.navy.mil

???

--Johnny