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Re: [linux-security] Cfinger (Yet more :)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lilo)
Tue Sep 24 17:53:26 1996
From: lilo@linpeople.org (lilo)
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 18:36:00 -0500 (CDT)
To: Grant Taylor <gtaylor+linsec092096@picante.com>
cc: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <199609201728.NAA20513@pace.picante.com>
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Grant Taylor wrote:
> >>>>> Roscinante <rosc@fbn.globalent.net> writes:
>
> > I hacked cfinger to no longer need root.
>
> When I decided I needed a cluster-saavy finger daemon, I did rather
> the opposite. I looked at gnu/icsi fingerd, and my vendor's fingerd,
> and decided to write my own.
>
> My little fingerd is extremely simple, and is intended to be
> relatively secure while still returning who's where on my machines.
> Rather than trust cfinger or rehash the same idea, I took the easy way
> out - this fingerd reads information from /var/rwho.
>
> This use of rwhod is appropriate for sites which have some degree of
> trust in their local network users (and which filter udp services like
> rwho at all external interfaces).
It's also quite modifiable, for those of us who would prefer not to trust
rwho. It's an excellent example of the species `simple finger daemon.'
Would appreciate it if you could put it under GPL or FreeBSD license....I
know it's short, but some of us would probably like to modify it and
redistribute, there's lots of room for tinkering there....
lilo
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