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Re: Got this - not sure of authenticity. Better safe etc...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Matthews)
Tue Dec 6 17:37:03 1994
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 10:50:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Jason Matthews <jason@dickory.sdsu.edu>
To: Richard Chycoski <richard@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <9412061844.AA11860@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca>
On Tue, 6 Dec 1994, Richard Chycoski wrote:
> > 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...)
You know what? An ANSI bomb is not a virus.
Jason
