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Finger still exists at sdf.org

Bender 4mo ago
A couple on shodan [1a][1b] Maybe we should make finger great again, but with TLS. fingers? Looks like there is a draft [2] [1a] - https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger+%2Bport+79 https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger+%2Bport+79 [1b] - https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger [2] - https://github.com/noveltylanterns/fingers https://github.com/noveltylanterns/fingers
- 9dev 4mo ago
  Oh pretty please, if we revive this protocol, can we please pick a better name? Like, any name? Literally anything else, that doesn’t evoke weirdly sexual imagery?
  - unanonymousanon 4mo ago
    Like fist?! Oh wait… Glove would work
    - 9dev 4mo ago
      Like the protection metaphor there, glove would be great for TLS finger!
    - Exoristos 4mo ago
      Fingercot.
    - kyusan0 4mo ago
      A glove is for the whole hand though. How about thimble?
  - Bender 4mo ago
    Well I thought about it and if it's a body part there will be someone into that. Then I thought maybe poke, nope some are into that too. I guess maybe "status" port? Kindof like having an away message. It could be a fixed buffer as to not overlflow. Of course that could be accomplished in DNS using TXT. Honestly I am too lazy to make an RFC. Maybe if enough people make a finger.domain.tld text record it would catch on. [1] dig +short -t txt finger.nochan.net "status: currently spending time on hacker news." or replace the finger binary with a shell function: [2] [1] - https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net [2] - https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Replacement-For-Finger/ https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Repl...
    - 9dev 4mo ago
      Your point is valid, but how do you feel telling your wife today I fingered Alice, and guess what she was up to?
      - Bender 4mo ago
        Well that depends on the marriage. She might want to smell what Alice is up to.
  - sedatk 4mo ago
    Wait until you hear about USB condoms.
    - Bender 4mo ago
      In my electronics class in high school we learned to strip and do joints. We also learned the resister color codes via mnemonics. "Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly, Get Some Now" Curious if they still teach that one. [1] Wikipedia says it is outdated / offensive but it was back then too. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_mnemonics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_...
      - tardedmeme 4mo ago
        Black Boys, since the first mnemonic letter is for the color black. And we didn't have Get Some Now, that feels redundant since everyone knows gold is better than silver.
  - snthpy 4mo ago
    radar? Since it's an active request response protocol.
  - jazzyjackson 4mo ago
    the weird sexual imagery makes it fun and memorable
- snthpy 4mo ago
  You can do this with ATProto / Bluesky! You can self-host your own PDS (or use Bluesky) and clients are super simple. I just had Google Search AI Mode vibe code as a 60 line shell script. $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snth/radar/refs/heads/main/radar $ chmod +x radar $ ./radar snth@bsky.social [RADAR] Scanning for snth.bsky.social... [RADAR SCREEN] User: Tobias Brandt (@snth.bsky.social) Status: Active Last Seen: 2026-05-28T19:42:15.865Z -------------------------------------------------- Just vibe coded a 60 line POSIX script Bluesky client in the style of `finger` of old: github.com/snth/radar -------------------------------------------------- If you wanted to be more authentic to the original you could implement a custom Lexicon.

A couple on shodan [1a][1b] Maybe we should make finger great again, but with TLS. fingers? Looks like there is a draft [2] [1a] - https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger+%2Bport+79 https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger+%2Bport+79 [1b] - https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger https://www.shodan.io/search?query=finger [2] - https://github.com/noveltylanterns/fingers https://github.com/noveltylanterns/fingers

9dev 4mo ago
Oh pretty please, if we revive this protocol, can we please pick a better name? Like, any name? Literally anything else, that doesn’t evoke weirdly sexual imagery?
- unanonymousanon 4mo ago
  Like fist?! Oh wait… Glove would work
  - 9dev 4mo ago
    Like the protection metaphor there, glove would be great for TLS finger!
  - Exoristos 4mo ago
    Fingercot.
  - kyusan0 4mo ago
    A glove is for the whole hand though. How about thimble?
- Bender 4mo ago
  Well I thought about it and if it's a body part there will be someone into that. Then I thought maybe poke, nope some are into that too. I guess maybe "status" port? Kindof like having an away message. It could be a fixed buffer as to not overlflow. Of course that could be accomplished in DNS using TXT. Honestly I am too lazy to make an RFC. Maybe if enough people make a finger.domain.tld text record it would catch on. [1] dig +short -t txt finger.nochan.net "status: currently spending time on hacker news." or replace the finger binary with a shell function: [2] [1] - https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net [2] - https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Replacement-For-Finger/ https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Repl...
  - 9dev 4mo ago
    Your point is valid, but how do you feel telling your wife today I fingered Alice, and guess what she was up to?
    - Bender 4mo ago
      Well that depends on the marriage. She might want to smell what Alice is up to.
- sedatk 4mo ago
  Wait until you hear about USB condoms.
  - Bender 4mo ago
    In my electronics class in high school we learned to strip and do joints. We also learned the resister color codes via mnemonics. "Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly, Get Some Now" Curious if they still teach that one. [1] Wikipedia says it is outdated / offensive but it was back then too. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_mnemonics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_...
    - tardedmeme 4mo ago
      Black Boys, since the first mnemonic letter is for the color black. And we didn't have Get Some Now, that feels redundant since everyone knows gold is better than silver.
- snthpy 4mo ago
  radar? Since it's an active request response protocol.
- jazzyjackson 4mo ago
  the weird sexual imagery makes it fun and memorable
snthpy 4mo ago
You can do this with ATProto / Bluesky! You can self-host your own PDS (or use Bluesky) and clients are super simple. I just had Google Search AI Mode vibe code as a 60 line shell script. $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snth/radar/refs/heads/main/radar $ chmod +x radar $ ./radar snth@bsky.social [RADAR] Scanning for snth.bsky.social... [RADAR SCREEN] User: Tobias Brandt (@snth.bsky.social) Status: Active Last Seen: 2026-05-28T19:42:15.865Z -------------------------------------------------- Just vibe coded a 60 line POSIX script Bluesky client in the style of `finger` of old: github.com/snth/radar -------------------------------------------------- If you wanted to be more authentic to the original you could implement a custom Lexicon.