francis@magrathea.zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) (04/04/91)
In article <1991Apr3.122515.3174@ifi.uio.no> janl@ifi.uio.no (Nicolai Langfeldt) writes: >But seriously: > janl@saaga ~/hp48>finger moof@apple.com > [apple.com] > connect: Connection timed out >Apple obviosly has a comunications problem... (fancy prompt I have though...) Apple refuses finger connections. Kinda unfriendly, if you ask me. (I know, I know--nobody did. :-) -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \============================================================================/
chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) (04/06/91)
In article <1991Apr3.122515.3174@ifi.uio.no> janl@ifi.uio.no (Nicolai Langfeldt) writes:
# But seriously:
# janl@saaga ~/hp48>finger moof@apple.com
# [apple.com]
# connect: Connection timed out
# Apple obviosly has a comunications problem... (fancy prompt I have though...)
Apple almost assuredly does _not_ have communications problems.
Apple.COM and Apple's networks are merely run (and run very well, thank
you) by a paranoid, ruthless wizard (who happens to be a buddy of mine)
who sees little value and much potential for harm in "fingerd" (the
UNIX program which answers "finger" requests).
If you want to check whether or not a machine is reachable, the standard
method is to use "ping", not "finger".
-Brent
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