Re: WARNING: Control Codes
From Per Edman, 2:200/213.42 <tho...@academy.bastad.se>
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· 3 Aug 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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From: Per Edman (2:200/213.42)
In a message of 30 Jul 96; MWa...@Grci.com wrote:
M> ... How so? Since only 7-bit ASCII is accepted in Internet mail and
M> newsgroups, wouldn't posting 8-bit ASCII (binary, control codes) just
M> be interpreted as gibberish? How could posting something on a newsgroup
M> cause someone's system to crash?
A control code is more than just 8bit-ascii; it's a string of them making a sequence that is caught by some systems, hanging them up sometimes.
M> If making systems worldwide crash were just a matter of posting the right
M> "codes" then I think it would be happening a lot more frequently.
You're forgetting there's such a thing as Windows-computers on our dear ArpaNet these days... *sigh*
/ Poeten
... If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer,
try multiplying with the page number.
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