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    Most finger clients do not have a way to configure an alternate port.
    Binding to the default port 79 on Unix usually requires root. Running
    AnyEvent::Finger::Server as root is not recommended.

    Under Linux you can use iptables to forward requests to port 79 to an
    unprivileged port. I was able to use this incantation to forward port
    79 to port 8079:

     # iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 79 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8079
     # iptables -t nat -I OUTPUT -p tcp -d 127.0.0.1 --dport 79 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8079

    The first rule is sufficient for external clients, the second rule was
    required for clients connecting via the loopback interface (localhost).

SEE ALSO

      * RFC1288 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1288>,

      * AnyEvent::Finger::Client,

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Most finger clients do not have a way to configure an alternate port.
Binding to the default port 79 on Unix usually requires root.  Running
L<AnyEvent::Finger::Server> as root is not recommended.

Under Linux you can use C<iptables> to forward requests to port 79 to
an unprivileged port.  I was able to use this incantation to forward port 79
to port 8079:

 # iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 79 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8079
 # iptables -t nat -I OUTPUT -p tcp -d 127.0.0.1 --dport 79 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8079

The first rule is sufficient for external clients, the second rule was required
for clients connecting via the loopback interface (localhost).

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