Ah, but it's not binary stuff, which is why the masking is necessary. x'00' = end of string and x'0a' = line feed, so ASCII bash scripts that are going to be executed can't have them embedded directly.
As far as being an indirect cause of rising healthcare costs, do I also get the credit for reducing them when one of your systems is _not_ cracked? :) Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: John Ford [mailto:zjcf@;ChezFord.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Probably the first published shell code example for Linux/390 This is the first time my innocent eyes have been tempted to look in this direction... I find it amusing that the technique requires masking x'00' and x'0A' - I'd think that no matter what platform, you'd have this problem when cramming binary stuff down the system's throat. <Mission Impossible theme playing softly in the background> I suppose to these folks, it's just another hoop to gleefully jump through to get the job done. <sigh> All that wasted energy and talent. -jcf [Thanks, MKP, for sending me this fine publication from which our corporate firewall protects me. Of course, this "made" me waste valuable company time perusing it. You just indirectly contributed to the rising cost of healthcare.]
