X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9741bc84217f44c8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Jeremy Cooke Subject: Re: WARNING: Control Codes Date: 1996/07/31 Message-ID: <1996073119470970417@zetnet.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 171273813 references: <4tdmr9$2eb@orm.southern.co.nz> <31FDA611.741D@Grci.com> newsgroups: alt.ascii-art x-mailer: ZIMACS Version 1.09u 10001734 In message <31FDA611.741D@Grci.com> "Mark A. Walters" writes: > ... How so? Since only 7-bit ASCII is accepted in Internet mail and > newsgroups, wouldn't posting 8-bit ASCII (binary, control codes) just > be interpreted as gibberish? How could posting something on a newsgroup > cause someone's system to crash? The control codes are 0-31 and 127 so you don't need extended (8-bit) ASCII to have them (i.e. extended ASCII adds the chars 128-255). > If making systems worldwide crash were just a matter of posting the right > "codes" then I think it would be happening a lot more frequently. Duuno about systems crashing but my newsreader sometimes comes up with a bright yellow screen which I *think* *might* be a result of control codes confusing it. > Are there any system administrators out there who could shed some light > on this? Oh, I'm not a system administrator, maybe I shouldn't have replied!?!!?!?!. -- \|/ o o ---------------------------------oOo--U--oOo--------------------------------- LLLLL LLLLL LLLLL L L L LL E-Mail : jeremy.c@zetnet.co.uk L LLLL L L L L L LL URL : http://www.zetnet.co.uk/users/jcooke/jez.htm LLL LLLLL LLLLL -----------------------------------OO---OO--------------------Jeremy-Cooke---