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From: "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg>
To: "Janko van Roosmalen" <acs.van.roosmalen@hccnet.nl>
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Subject: Re: Setting information in finger reply
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 08:14:32 +0800
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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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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