Finger - Revision history

Jnc: Avoid redir

2025-04-19T13:59:51Z

Avoid redir

Larsbrinkhoff: Explain it was first only run locally.

2023-08-09T17:27:06Z

Explain it was first only run locally.

Larsbrinkhoff: Plan file.

2023-08-09T11:50:58Z

Plan file.

Larsbrinkhoff: "Users" is more precise than "people".

2023-08-09T11:45:46Z

"Users" is more precise than "people".

Jnc: +Cat

2023-08-09T10:25:21Z

+Cat

Larsbrinkhoff: Link to RFCs.

2023-08-09T06:17:18Z

Link to RFCs.

Larsbrinkhoff: Stub.

2023-08-09T06:14:50Z

Stub.

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'''Finger''' is a [[network]] [[protocol]] used to list people logged in on a [[host]]. It was first invented at the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory|Stanford AI Lab]], by Les Earnest.

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-'''Finger''' is a [[network]] [[protocol]] used to provide information about [[user]]s logged in on a [[host]].  It was first invented by Les Earnest as a tool to see the physical location of users and free terminals at the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory|Stanford AI Lab]].  In collaboration with other sites, it was extended by servers to provide the information between [[ARPANET]] hosts.  The first implementations where for  [[PDP-10]] computers, but [[Unix]] and others soon followed.
+'''Finger''' is a [[network]] [[protocol]] used to provide information about [[user]]s logged in on a [[host]].  It was first invented by Les Earnest as a tool to see the physical location of users and free terminals at the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory|Stanford AI Lab]].  In collaboration with other sites, it was extended by servers to provide the information between [[ARPANET]] hosts.  The first implementations where for  [[PDP-10]] computers, but [[UNIX|Unix]] and others soon followed.
-Many implementations allow for users to have a ''plan file'' which would be provided to network clients on request.  The file was originally meant to contain current and future plans for a user, but the free-format content would often expand to random musings.  The plan file was named differently across various operating system; arguably the most well known file name is the one for Unix: ''.plan''.
+Many implementations allow for users to have a ''plan file'' which would be provided to network clients on request.  The file was originally meant to contain current and future plans for a user, but the free-format content would often expand to random musings.  The plan file was named differently across various operating system; arguably the most well-known [[file name]] is the one for Unix: ''.plan''.
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-'''Finger''' is a [[network]] [[protocol]] used to provide information about [[user]]s logged in on a [[host]].  It was first invented at the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory|Stanford AI Lab]], by Les Earnest.  On the host side, many implementations allow for users to have a ''plan file'' which would be provided to network clients on request.  The file was originally meant to contain current and future plans for a user, but the free-format content would often expand to random musings.
+'''Finger''' is a [[network]] [[protocol]] used to provide information about [[user]]s logged in on a [[host]].  It was first invented by Les Earnest as a tool to see the physical location of users and free terminals at the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory|Stanford AI Lab]].  In collaboration with other sites, it was extended by servers to provide the information between [[ARPANET]] hosts.  The first implementations where for  [[PDP-10]] computers, but [[Unix]] and others soon followed.
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+Many implementations allow for users to have a ''plan file'' which would be provided to network clients on request.  The file was originally meant to contain current and future plans for a user, but the free-format content would often expand to random musings.  The plan file was named differently across various operating system; arguably the most well known file name is the one for Unix: ''.plan''.
 ==External links==
-* RFC 742: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc742 NAME/FINGER], the first [[ARPANET]] version from 1977.
+* RFC 742: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc742 NAME/FINGER], the first ARPANET version from 1977.
 * RFC 1288: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1288 The Finger User Information Protocol], the latest [[TCP/IP]] version from 1991.
 [[Category: Network Application Protocols]]

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−	'''Finger''' is a [[network]] [[protocol]] used to provide information about [[user]]s logged in on a [[host]]. It was first invented at the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory\|Stanford AI Lab]], by Les Earnest.	+	'''Finger''' is a [[network]] [[protocol]] used to provide information about [[user]]s logged in on a [[host]]. It was first invented at the [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory\|Stanford AI Lab]], by Les Earnest. On the host side, many implementations allow for users to have a ''plan file'' which would be provided to network clients on request. The file was originally meant to contain current and future plans for a user, but the free-format content would often expand to random musings.

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	* RFC 742: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc742 NAME/FINGER], the first [[ARPANET]] version from 1977.		* RFC 742: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc742 NAME/FINGER], the first [[ARPANET]] version from 1977.
	* RFC 1288: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1288 The Finger User Information Protocol], the latest [[TCP/IP]] version from 1991.		* RFC 1288: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1288 The Finger User Information Protocol], the latest [[TCP/IP]] version from 1991.
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		+	==External links==
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		+	* RFC 742: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc742 NAME/FINGER], the first [[ARPANET]] version from 1977.
		+	* RFC 1288: [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1288 The Finger User Information Protocol], the latest [[TCP/IP]] version from 1991.