RFC 742: NAME/FINGER Protocol
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1194, RFC 1196, RFC 1288.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 1288 — The Finger User Information Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
RFC 742, "NAME/FINGER Protocol", was published in December 1977 by K. Harrenstien. This is one of the earlier, shorter RFCs and the RFC Editor index carries no abstract for it — the full text below is the authoritative source.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC742
- Published
- December 1977
- Authors
- K. Harrenstien
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 7
- Also known as
- —
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 742 (1977)
- RFC 1194 (1990)
- RFC 1196 (1990)
- RFC 1288 (1991) ✓
Read the full history of The Finger User Information Protocol →
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3 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
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