GNU Finger security question

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1 total messages Started by Jamie Zawinski Tue, 08 Sep 1992 22:35

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Author: Jamie Zawinski
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 22:35

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Can someone tell me whether any security testing has been done of GNU Finger,
specifically, is it subject to the same kinds of holes that the Morris worm
exploited in BSD finger?  I would *like* to modify our network firewall to
allow finger requests through, but not unless I have some assurance that
doing so is reasonably safe.

	-- Jamie

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