http://blog.fard.pt/tags/self-hosting/ Recent content in Self-Hosting on MazaFard | Notes, systems, and life in Portugal http://blog.fard.pt/images/og/en.webp http://blog.fard.pt/images/og/en.webp Hugo en Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.fard.pt/posts/finger/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.fard.pt/posts/finger/ <p>Long before algorithmic feeds, engagement metrics, and push notifications, the internet had a radically simple way to see what people were up to: Finger.</p> <p>Originally conceived in 1971 at Stanford and formalized under RFC 742 (and later RFC 1288), Finger is a minimalist, plain-text networking protocol running over TCP port 79. When you query a user via <code>finger user@host</code>, the remote machine returns status metadata alongside the contents of a simple text file: <code>.plan</code>.</p>