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From: leres@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: fingerd allows third party fingers
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Date: 17 Dec 88 23:56:12 GMT
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Reply-To: leres@helios.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres)
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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