This article was posted to the Usenet group alt.hackers in
1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
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Re: What is the problem with Finger?
Article: 7552 of alt.hackers From: wsantee@cyberspace.com (Wes Santee) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Re: What is the problem with Finger? Date: 27 Mar 1995 13:41:30 -0800 Organization: Cyberlink Communications (206) 281-5397 Lines: 31 Approved: fingerd Message-ID: 3l7bea$1hu@case.cyberspace.com NNTP-Posting-Host: case.cyberspace.com Status: RO
Gary Barnes sez: >In article <3l4s01$427@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, >Ayman M. El-Khashab <ayman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu> wrote: >::>[finger poses..ahem...security threat] >: >:: So, I'll bite. Does anyone know what the security hole is in finger? I >:: can understand not wanting to have anyone be able to finger in, but why >:: wouldn't the admins what me to finger out? >: >[because it shows everybody logged on] Ah, but let us not forget! If your admin is *really* paranoid, they might think that their finger daemon is still somehow easy prey for Robert Morris' Internet Worm! Can't allow a finger request to overrun the fingerd call stack now, can we! :) ObHack: Ummm...jeez, I've just been doing straight programming as of late. Oh wait, here's one: My roommate's bed has a weak center support beam underneath, so I took all of my OS/2 Extended Services books and stuffed them under the support beam so it wouldn't break. There...elegant AND computer related (er..well, indirectly anyway). Cheers, -- ( -Wes Santee | I feel my body weakened by the years ) ( wsantee@cyberspace.com | As people turn to gods of cruel design ) ( O S / 2 W A R P | Could it be they fear the pain of death? ) ( | Or could it be they fear the joy of life? )
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