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# Finger

Finger protocol provides information about the users and computers connected to them.

The output information contains the activity status of the users, name, address etc..,

{% hint style="info" %}
**Requires**: a username to query
{% endhint %}

The usernames can be bruteforced with [finger-user-enum](https://github.com/pentestmonkey/finger-user-enum)

## User Enumeration

```bash
perl finger-user-enum.pl -U /usr/share/seclists/Usernames/Names/names.txt -t 10.10.10.10
```

#### Machine: 

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