Re: MD5 To Be Considered Harmful Today

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

> Actually, no, it is not. Try catting it on linux console. It takes
> the garbage, overwrites it with ^Hs, then writes ... "its saddle and
> harness for price   1", then shifts cursor right (over 4 or `,
> depending on first block), then continues with "000 dollars".
>
> My trick does *not* work in Gnome Terminal (I've just verified
> it). You need actuall linux console, press ctrl-alt-F1 on most distros
> to get to one... but if you tell me what terminal you use, I can
> probably create terminal sequence that works there...
>                                                                 Pavel
>  
Whoa.  If you can get this working in rxvt, I'll be quite impressed.

--Dan