fingerd

Toto toto at sk.sympatico.ca
Tue Jan 21 12:26:19 PST 1997


> >        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 at 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'?








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