[390] in bugtraq
Re: Got this - not sure of authenticity. Better safe etc...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Chycoski)
Tue Dec 6 17:23:51 1994
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 94 10:44:09 PST
From: richard@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca (Richard Chycoski)
To: Jason Matthews <jason@dickory.sdsu.edu>
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
> There is no way to transmit a virus to a computer via the terminal.
> Sure, maybe you can turn the printer on and off. Or maybe start up
an
> zmodem download but you cannot get a virus on a remote machine by
sending
> ascii...
>
> Jason
Bzzzzt! Wrong answer!
Haven't you ever heard of the programmable keyboard feature in ANSI?
(The implementation is left as an exercise to the hacker...)
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- Richard Chycoski richard@sfu.ca (NeXT Mail OK)
Senior Systems Consultant
Academic Computing Services
Simon Fraser University
