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  • Finger Privacy

    From Stoph to All on Sunday, February 22, 2026 11:06:12
    It seems finger is setup to expose a lot of excessive details about the user such as their IP address. It would probably be wise to hide that information.

    Born to Tux, Forced to Windows.
  • From BiggieB to Stoph on Sunday, February 22, 2026 13:21:34
    Looking in to this. Haven't found much info yet on how to config it show less information. Still researching.
  • From Stoph to BiggieB on Sunday, February 22, 2026 13:23:43
    There's some info on the Wiki about this: https://wiki.synchro.net/service:finger
    They don't seem to explain anything, but they list all of the stuff you can configure.

    Born to Tux, Forced to Windows.
  • From BiggieB to Stoph on Sunday, February 22, 2026 13:24:23

    LOL

    https://wiki.synchro.net/service:finger

    I was just pasting this to ya. Looking at it now.
  • From BiggieB to Stoph on Sunday, February 22, 2026 13:29:31
    I suppose "NO_HOST_LOOKUP" would be one, also for UDP. Any others that you can think of?
  • From Stoph to BiggieB on Sunday, February 22, 2026 13:36:49
    I think that's the biggest one, the others are down to personal taste like the real name.

    Born to Tux, Forced to Windows.
  • From BiggieB to Stoph on Sunday, February 22, 2026 13:37:28

    Its should be active. Maybe you can check it.
  • From Stoph to BiggieB on Sunday, February 22, 2026 13:47:43
    Hmm, It seems to not have updated yet. I will try in a bit to give it time. If you aren't running Linux, you should have finger preinstalled if you want to check for yourself.

    Born to Tux, Forced to Windows.