Actually, it's college. Interesting that the sys admin has shut down finger
on the machine with the student accounts, but not on the one with the faculty
and lab asssistant accounts.
In what way does finger pose a risk (to the system)?
Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> To the best of my knowledge, *everyone* considers finger to be a security
> risk. I can't recall the last time I saw a system that permitted anything
> other than local fingers.
>
> In the context of a school (by which I assume you mean K-12, not a college),
> the risk is not only to the system but to the account holders, mostly
> minors, whose personal information may be accessed by anyone.
>
> At 08:05 AM 7/1/00 -0500, Jim Reimer wrote:
> >Does anyone consider finger to represent a security risk?
> >
> >Specifically, this is on a school system with all the student accounts, a
> >couple of hundred of which belong to extreme novice users known for their
> >ability to pick passwords such as 'password', their own name, etc.
> >
> >Passwords are shadowed.
>
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