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echo: locsysop
to: Dieter Mirbach
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1996-06-13 18:25:58
subject: Funny characters

BL>   It's worse than useless. It allows ordinary users to stuff those
BL> with SOT/EOT readers. All you have to do is add a false EOT: in your

PE> Ordinary users CANNOT, because EOT has an x'01', which you cannot
PE> enter as a normal user.

DM>  Actually, EOT is '04, SOT is '01

???

DM>  Like this - One SOT/EOT coming up ....

DM>  {at}

DO NOT SEND ME OUT-OF-SPEC MESSAGES.  *YOU* ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE INTEGRITY OF THE PKTS YOU SEND ME.

DM>  That was a SOT, entered manually through the keyboard

By someone who is responsible for their own actions.

DM>  

DM>  See that above ? that's EOT !!!

????

DM>  You could probably even enter these during On-line sessions on
DM>  other BBS's.

No, you probably can't.  And if you can, the BBS software needs
fixing.  BFN.  Paul.
@EOT:

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