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<h3>What is finger?</h3>

<p>Finger is a program that was originally created by the <a
href="http://www.mit.edu/">Massachusettes Institute of Technology</a>
(MIT) to offer user information about someone on another machine
somewhere else on the Internet.

<p>The protocol is defined in <a
href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1228.txt">RFC 1228</a>.  Finger
provides information about who you are, what you do, when you last
logged in, when you last read mail, and many more features.  If you
find this cool, please think about the information provided.  You may
be creating glass users by letting other people know when they work
and read mail.  Please respect users privacy.

<p>A lot of sites have turned off the finger daemon because they
believe it is a security risk.  That's unfortunate, as the finger
program is very valuable, and very helpful for friends and other users
on the Internet.

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