Bugtraq: Re: SunOS 4.1.4 fingerd

[Niko.Makila () csc fi (Niko Makila)]

Dave Dittrich's message dated: Thu, 16 May 1996 13:04:07 PDT
> The trick, as I learned it, was to use @@XXX.com on Ultrix systems.
> After a quick test, I notice that single letters and "." don't work on
> Ultrix, but any digit or "@" does.  Go figure.  Probably some Berkeley
> student had a hangover the day they coded finger?
Yes, the hangover is possible.

But, actually I recall that this was originally a feature: you could
finger people by their room number (or was that phone?), too.  Seeing
that this probably never worked except in Berkeley, it's amazing that
that piece of code was never removed.  Oh well, maybe it isn't that
amazing after all...

        //niko