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From: dv@xkis.nnov.su (Dmitry Valdov)
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Subject: secure finger is not enought secure
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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 20:19:28 +0300 (MSK)
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Hi!

is this a bug or feature? ;-)
if i trying to finger host without providing username:

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merahq: {1} finger @localhost
[localhost]
must provide username

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But i can finger this host anyway (without specifying username):

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merahq: {2} telnet localhost finger
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
-l
Login: dv                               Name: Dmitry Valdov
Directory: /usr/u/dv                    Shell: /bin/csh
On since Sat Oct 14 20:09 (MSK) on ttyp0 (messages off) from gw09
No Mail.
Mail forwarded to: dv@xkis.nnov.su
No Plan.
Connection closed by foreign host.

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Is this true? 
This works on all version from 2.0 to 2.2-current.


Dmitry.

PS. Sorry for my poor english..