cfingerd

What is finger?

Finger is a program that was originally created by the Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT) to offer user information about someone on another machine somewhere else on the Internet.

The protocol is defined in RFC 1228. Finger provides information about who you are, what you do, when you last logged in, when you last read mail, and many more features. If you find this cool, please think about the information provided. You may be creating glass users by letting other people know when they work and read mail. Please respect users privacy.

A lot of sites have turned off the finger daemon because they believe it is a security risk. That's unfortunate, as the finger program is very valuable, and very helpful for friends and other users on the Internet.