[1174] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: [linux-security] Finger Doubt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander O. Yuriev)
Sun Sep 22 04:47:34 1996
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Sep 1996 19:13:39 EDT."
<Pine.LNX.3.93.960918191145.5303B-100000@cross.dmv.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 07:16:03 -0400
From: "Alexander O. Yuriev" <alex@bach.cis.temple.edu>
> But Host A isnt locked down:
> finger @host_A@host_B
>
In case it was not yet mentioned, out of the box fingerd can be configured
to disallow figer forwarding. Lets be careful with making statements
"As Host A isnt locked, finger works, as B Trusts A, it works". It works
only in a misconfigured environment.
Alex
