Finger

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Finger is a protocol used to request information about a user on a server (usually UNIX servers). It is defined in RFC 1288. While popular in days past, it is no longer in frequent use.

1 Identification
- 1.1 Ports
- 1.2 l7-filter
2 See also

[edit] Identification

[edit] Ports

Finger servers usually run on TCP port 79.

[edit] l7-filter

l7-filter uses the finger pattern. However, the finger protocol allows arbitrary strings to be sent each way, so it only covers the most common cases.