Re: serious telnet bug; is it just me?

Leo Savage (leo@esva.net)
Fri, 8 Sep 1995 11:34:17 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Robert Sanders wrote:

> From a Unix box, telnet to your portmaster. At the login prompt,
> escape back to the telnet command prompt (i.e. type '^]') and type
> 'send brk'. That's it.

Yep, it just rebooted my Portmaster too. I have a Portmaster 2eR with
ten lines installed. However, it happened to me with version 3.1.2, NOT
3.1.3, so I do not think that downgrading will solve your problem.

A hacker with a grudge could be a real nuisance with this.

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