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diff --git a/abs/core-testing/tcp_wrappers/safe_finger.8 b/abs/core-testing/tcp_wrappers/safe_finger.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 875616b..0000000 --- a/abs/core-testing/tcp_wrappers/safe_finger.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -.TH SAFE_FINGER 8 "21th June 1997" Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" -.SH NAME -safe_finger \- finger client wrapper that protects against nasty stuff -from finger servers -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B safe_finger [finger_options] -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.B safe_finger -command protects against nasty stuff from finger servers. Use this -program for automatic reverse finger probes from the -.B tcp_wrapper -.B (tcpd) -, not the raw finger command. The -.B safe_finger -command makes sure that the finger client is not run with root -privileges. It also runs the finger client with a defined PATH -environment. -.B safe_finger -will also protect you from problems caused by the output of some -finger servers. The problem: some programs may react to stuff in -the first column. Other programs may get upset by thrash anywhere -on a line. File systems may fill up as the finger server keeps -sending data. Text editors may bomb out on extremely long lines. -The finger server may take forever because it is somehow wedged. -.B safe_finger -takes care of all this badness. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR hosts_access (5), -.BR hosts_options (5), -.BR tcpd (8) -.SH AUTHOR -Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. - |