Finger logger: several questions

[Nick Sayer]

c60b-1eq at web-1g.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) writes:

>In article <41042 at netnews.upenn.edu> mfontana at eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) writes:
>>I've been following the thread on finger logging programs, and was wondering
>>if there is any way to determine the login name of a remote fingerer, or


Well, yes he can, sort of. RFC931 provides the username of the opposite
end, providing the system on the other end runs the auth demon. Not
many sites do. And since you have to rely on the other end to provide
authentication, it's not terribly trustworthy.
>No, you can't do that.
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