# Re: New Internet-Draft: finger URL

Reed Wade (wade@cs.utk.edu)
Sun, 19 Feb 1995 21:57:46 -0500

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    To: ietf-lists@proper.com (Paul Hoffman)

    Subject: Re: New Internet-Draft: finger URL

    In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Feb 1995 17:19:42 MST."

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    Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 21:57:46 -0500

    From: Reed Wade <wade@cs.utk.edu>

><finger:someuser@host1.bigstate.edu>
>
>would cause a finger client to send the request "someuser<CRLF>" to
>port 79 at host1.bigstate.edu.
>
>--Paul Hoffman

ok, I feel better now, thanks.

><finger:someuser>
>
>should be rejected by the client software.

how about interpreting "someuser" as "@someuser"?

However, I wouldn't mind seeing some discussion (even from people
who haven't said anything yet) on 2 points that apply to but also
transcend the finger url discussion--

1. ability to specify alternate port, how important is this?
I know I've indicated this isn't too important in real life
use of finger but I was able to come up with an instance where
this would be useful (imagine using the ":" as port separator)--

finger:therm.netlib.org:451

If you want to know the temp outside my office.

2. adherence to the scheme://host/ method of indicating the host
name. I can't think of a better exception to this rule than
finger--but are there any hidden costs?

-reed

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