Re: Hangup string in e-mail message?

[Steve Dodd]

On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 02:35:49PM -0300, Eric Dahnke wrote:

> I thought that any character string in any transmitted data is not dangerous
> if Hardware Flow Ctrl is used. What you guys are talking about is only
> dangerous if flow control is software or  Xon/Xoff, or no?

No, it's always dangerous if your modem looks for +++ in the data from the
remote modem as well as in that from the local host (which is a bit broken),
or if you can persuade the local host to send some supplied data back (i.e.
with a ping packet or similar). 

It's one of the problems with sending the link control data over the same
path as the link data itself.

-- 
Ah, but you're forgetting Rimmer directive 273 which states just as
clearly, "No chance you metal bastard!"

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