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From: thorne@academy.bastad.se (Per Edman, 2:200/213.42)
Subject: Re: WARNING: Control Codes
Date: 1996/08/03
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From: Per Edman (2:200/213.42)

In a message of 30 Jul 96; MWalters@Grci.com  wrote: 
 M> ... How so?  Since only 7-bit ASCII is accepted in Internet mail and
 M> newsgroups, wouldn't posting 8-bit ASCII (binary, control codes) just
 M> be interpreted as gibberish?  How could posting something on a newsgroup
 M> cause someone's system to crash? 

A control code is more than just 8bit-ascii; it's a string of them making a sequence that is caught by some systems, hanging them up sometimes. 

 M> If making systems worldwide crash were just a matter of posting the right
 M> "codes" then I think it would be happening a lot more frequently.

You're forgetting there's such a thing as Windows-computers on our dear ArpaNet these days... *sigh*


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