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Article #1300Re: fingerd allows third party fingers
From: Craig Leres
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1988 23:56
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1988 23:56
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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
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mailrus!ames!pasteur!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ace.ee.lbl.gov!leres From: leres@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: fingerd allows third party fingers Message-ID: <1494@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 17 Dec 88 23:56:12 GMT References: <2103@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Reply-To: leres@helios.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres) Followup-To: comp.bugs.4bsd Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley Lines: 10