Matt Dillon wrote:
> This is an extremely dangerous patch. A number of terminal protocols
> have a 'talkback' escape sequence that allow you to write data
> that the terminal then copies back as if someone typed it. I remember
> using this feature quite a lot while at Berkeley to, ah, break into
> people's accounts :-)
>
> isprintf() is in there to prevent extranious escape sequences from
> blowing up the other guy's window.
> -Matt
I wasn't aware of this at all. I will know now, thanks :-)
Maxime
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