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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
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Subject: Re: how to put a program into .plan file
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Date: 26 Sep 90 12:53:23 GMT
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In article <30908@athertn.Atherton.COM> paul@Atherton.COM (Paul Sander) writes:

>Another interesting trick:  If the person doing the fingering has a terminal
>that can be programmed to echo a string (I understand some Tektronix terminals
>do this), you can have your .plan file program the terminal to issue a
>command to send mail.  Some people have actually done this, according to a
>reliable source :-)

Yeah - the "Reliable Source" I believe is UNIX System Security, by Kochan
and Wood. Certain intelligent terminals have "send" escape sequences, which
if typed or somehow echoed to the terminal, can execute any command.

				-Kartik



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