Re: bash and max files on Linux

On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 01:02:52PM -0400, Claude Morin wrote:
> Stefan Rompf <srompf@telemation.de> wrote:
> > +--------------------------------------------------------------+
> > | Customer: I'm using Windows '95. Hotline: Ok, got that one. |
> > | Customer: It's not working. Hotline: You already said that. |
> > +--------------------------------------------------------+++ATH0
>
> ^^^^^^^
> Are there still modems (after all these years) which don't implement
> guard times before and after the "+++" and will disconnect whenver
> someone reads this message? Or is this intended to cut off some random
> poor bastard whose connection happens to pause for at least a second
> before and after the "+++" characters?

I've been told that recently on bugtraq this discussion came up, and yes -
some modems will croak on this. This is second hand, though.

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