[SLUG] modem escape sequence

[Mike Holland <myk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Charles U Farley wrote:

> lists modem users are.  Yes you've annoyed me personally, does + + +
> ath ring any bells in your juvenile head.  For those of you lucky
> enough to be unaware, Rick decided to include the command to hangup a
> modem in the headers of several recent emails to this list.  I'll bet

Seriously? It cant be that simple. The +++ sequence occurs commonly, and
that alone would cause trouble. Does pppd routinely escape that sequence?
  As I read it, the '+++' only works when the line is silent before and
after for a minimum time. Which would never happen with PPP.
It would be a major bug in a modem to ignore that requirement.
  lets google .... Gad! It really is possible. This link explains:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part3/section-12.html

Was Rick's code contrived to exploit a weakness in a particular brand?
So what evil kludge of a modem actually hung up on the '+++' ?


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