>>>>> "Chris" == Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@LAGAVULIN.PDL.CS.CMU.EDU> writes:

Chris> actually, on every machine i've used, finger printing out the hostname
Chris> was an indication that it could _look up_ the name in question, not
Chris> that it connected...

Back in the _old_ days, finger would print out the hostname after it
looked it up, but would only print the newline when it had connected.

==John