To the best of my knowledge, *everyone* considers finger to be a security
risk. I can't recall the last time I saw a system that permitted anything
other than local fingers.
In the context of a school (by which I assume you mean K-12, not a college),
the risk is not only to the system but to the account holders, mostly
minors, whose personal information may be accessed by anyone.
At 08:05 AM 7/1/00 -0500, Jim Reimer wrote:
>Does anyone consider finger to represent a security risk?
>
>Specifically, this is on a school system with all the student accounts, a
>couple of hundred of which belong to extreme novice users known for their
>ability to pick passwords such as 'password', their own name, etc.
>
>Passwords are shadowed.
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Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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