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Re: Got this - not sure of authenticity. Better safe etc...
From: jason () dickory sdsu edu (Jason Matthews)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 10:50:50 -0800 (PST)
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 upanzmodem download but you cannot get a virus on a remote machine bysendingascii...JasonBzzzzt! 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
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