Re: Problem with "~user/file.html"

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 18:46:50 --100
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From: "Daniel W. Connolly" <connolly@hal.com>
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In message <Pine.3.89.9402160927.B3380-0100000@is.internic.net>, Paul Phillips 
writes:
>Or, execute a script that runs the finger, replaces the newlines with <br>, 
>and return the output in HTML.  Not only does this look nicer, but you 
>can put anchors and images in your .plan and have them come up.  :-)

But it requires an HTTP server somewhere between the client and
the finger server. In sites where finger is already deployed, why
do this? It's a pain especially w.r.t. security, firewalls and such.

Dan