Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 08:14:32 +0800 From: "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg> To: "Janko van Roosmalen" <acs.van.roosmalen@hccnet.nl> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting information in finger reply Message-ID: <00b301c05e50$5812de00$fa5e78cb@gchang> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10012050030540.427-100000@parmenides.utp.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi there,
Not exactly. I just use it anyhow. Finger requests just shows
name and my gnupg key that is all. Thanks.
Regards,
James Lim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janko van Roosmalen" <acs.van.roosmalen@hccnet.nl>
To: "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Setting information in finger reply
> I think allowing incoming finger requests is a bad idea securitywise.
>
> To enable finger you have to check if it is enabled in your "inetd.conf"
> file and possibly adjust your "/etc/hosts.allow" file.
> According to "man finger" you could put your PGP key in a ".plan" file in
> your home directory.
>
> The book "Building Internet Firewalls" has a few recommendations for
> running a finger service on page 588.
>
> BTW does the Singapore government allow you to to use PGP?
>
> ===Janko van Roosmalen - Vught - Netherlands===
>
> On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, James Lim wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Noticed some users here are using "finger host@domain.com"
for
> > pgp key. My question is, how do i go about doing it? Thanks alot :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > James Lim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
> >
> >
>
>
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?00b301c05e50$5812de00$fa5e78cb>