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#finger has an origin at least going back to 1971.

#IETF #RFC742 was written to document the existing #fingerProtocol , as it was (implicitly) defined by software.

I.e., finger had been around and was evolving AT LEAST 6 years before RFC-742 was published.

( #fingerHole #fingerverse )

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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 )