After further testing, this behavior seems to be related specifically to xterm, and not to any particular shell, though for the record, all the shells shipped with OpenBSD exhibited the same behavior during testing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Unangst [mailto:ted.unan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:22 PM > To: dcrow...@coresecurity.com > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Question about odd OpenBSD shell behavior > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Dan Crowley > <dcrow...@coresecurity.com> wrote: > > I'm doing some research into how various operating systems handle > various > > characters, and I ran into something funny on OpenBSD 4.6: Any use of > > characters in the hex range between 0x9d and 0x9f cause the shell to > hang, > > and sending an interrupt produces no reaction. > > > > Any idea why this is the case? > > OpenBSD ships with more than one shell.
