Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:12:01 +0100 From: Andras Olah <olah@cs.utwente.nl> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finger and 2.2-960303-SNAP Message-ID: <28987.826715521@curie.cs.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Mar 1996 07:25:00 %2B0200." <199603130525.HAA16198@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
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On Sat, 13 Mar 1996 07:25:00 +0200, John Hay wrote: > > > > >And an option added that disables the use of T/TCP so that a user can > > >finger a broken TCP system. > ^^^^ > > > > You're right! Why don't we call it net.inet.tcp.rfc1644? > > > > Root may be able to set it, but (I hope) users can't. So the normal user > can't finger a broken TCP until he can get hold of the admin of the machine > and convince him to switch net.inet.tcp.rfc1644 off. OK, I got the hint! ;-) There's a patch for finger on freefall (~olah/finger-mod.diff), to disable T/TCP with the -T option. I tested it here, if there are no complaints I'll commit it in a few days. Andras
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