[8884] in bugtraq
Re: Comparison of THC-SCAN v2.0 with Sandstorm PhoneSweep 1.02
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Maloney)
Fri Jan 1 14:44:28 1999
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:04:03 -0600
Reply-To: Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>
From: Adam Maloney <adam@IEXPOSURE.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Sorry to prolong this thread, but I must say:
If memory serves me (which it normally does) my old USR sportster (and
probably the couriers) have a VOICE result code. It's trivial for the modem
to figure out if it has connected to another modem or if there's some
"yelling idiot" on the other end.
I'm not sure of the technical details of how the sportster decides it has
connected to a human (maybe an assumption, if it's not a fax or another
modem, it MUST be a human even though it may be a VMB or a telco recording).
Mr. Sportster just says "Well, something picked up, but I haven't connected
to it yet, so it sure as heck isn't another modem...must be one of those
drunken rednecks we keep calling".
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