[HECnet] Re: DECnet Finger Specification (Possible re-post) and Tops-20 Finger Setup Documentation (New)

On 2026-01-10 23:08, Terri Kennedy wrote: I find it really weird to use that kind of syntax, and it probably will create a mess if you involve some other TCP/IP based finger server in such a line. In my RSX implementation, you would write FINGER SPC11D::@server.glaver.org The RFC for finger on TCP/IP really states that hosts should be processed right to left, and the username is at the left end. So you can do finger bqt@mim.softjar.se@foo.bar.host.net Which would contact foo.bar.host.net from the local machine, and request bqt(a)mim.softjar.se as the username to that host, which would then go and contact mim.softjar.se, just requesting information for user "bqt". If you pass it something with :: as a separation between hosts and/or usernames, a RFC compliant finger server will not do what you would hope for. I will obviously not force anyone to rewrite any implementation, but be aware that a proper TCP/IP RFC compliant finger server is incompatible with this form host host name chains. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt(a)softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol