Copyright startup lines <was: SECURITY BUG IN ISC UNIX SYSV386>

Peter da Silva peter at ficc.ferranti.com
Sat Feb 23 05:15:32 AEST 1991


In article <375 at metran.UUCP> jay at metran.UUCP (Jay Ts) writes:
> The ANSI-standard "clear screen" escape sequence is ESC-c.

The ANSI standard "clear screen" sequence is <ESC>[2J. <ESC>c is the
"reset terminal" sequence. Urban Legend has it that at least one freeware
PC terminal emulator used to reboot the computer when you sent it this
one. At any rate, it's not a good thing to send down a serial line to
an unknown terminal.

In any case, don't you suppose someone dialling in and wanting to crack the
system would know enough to capture this stuff?
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