systat/udp

Description

Returns packets containing a list of active users.

Protocol

Client sends a packet. The server returns packets containing the list of active users. The only condition is that lines of the list of users must not cross packet boundaries. There are obvious security concerns about having access to a list of active users.

Notes

This is also alternatively referred to as the USERS protocol.

Implementation

This seems to be most often the who command in unix.

RFCs

RFC-866

Reference Person

Jon Postelpostel@isi.edu