Proposal to Use DNS Records as a Replacement for the Finger Protocol

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A Hacker News post links to an article titled 'DNS: A Replacement for Finger', which appears to discuss using DNS records to replace the legacy Finger user-information protocol. The linked article text itself was not provided, so the specific technical details of the proposal cannot be confirmed. The submission has gathered 5 points and 4 comments on the Hacker News forum. Discussion of the idea is available through the associated Hacker News thread.

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