Ross A. BakerDec 17, 2023

The finger protocol has suggestions for implementation by vending machines.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1288#section-2.5.5

#Finger #Rfc1288

RFC 1288: The Finger User Information Protocol

This memo describes the Finger user information protocol.This is a simple protocol which provides an interface to a remote user information program. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

IETF Datatracker
Show thread@reiver ⊼ (Charles) Nov 28, 2022

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Two specifications were created for the #fingerProtocol:

• #IETF #RFC742 (published in 1977)
• #IETF #RFC1288 (published in 1991)

Neither of them were about creating the finger-protocol.

The finger-protocol existed and was evolving AT LEAST 6 YEARS BEFORE the IETF RFC-742 specification was written!

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( #finger #fingerHole #fingerverse )

( #smallInternet #smallNet #smallWeb )

( #smolInternet #smolNet #smolWeb )

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) Nov 20, 2022

The #fingerProtocol — except without any 7-bit ASCII restrictions — that were (from a specification(s) point-of-view) added in #IETF #RFC1288 , but didn't exist in #IETF #RFC742 .

( #finger #fingerHole #fingerverse )

( #unicode #utf8 )