From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:26:22 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: fingerd
In-Reply-To: <BC6A1C13322@seebeck.ua.edu>
Message-ID: <32E53432.DC6@sk.sympatico.ca>
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> >        Lynx 2.6 is the "latest" for UNIX and they "got" mine.  However,
> >someone suggesed that it may have been done through finger as well, and
> >since my ocmputer is a UNIX box...the people using UNIX shells are gonna
> >get nailed too...
> 
> Couple of things you can do:
> 
>     1.  Comment out "fingerd" in /etc/inetd.conf and refresh
>     2.  Install a more secure "fingerd" such that it only
>         allows "finger `userid@node.domain`" instead of
>         "finger `@node.domain`".
> 
> While I've seen #2 in action, I don't know where to go to snarf it.  I just
> use #1.

  Anyone know where to 'snarf it'?