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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 09:51:55 EST
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Subject: Crashing VMS 4.1 with simple Fortran program

I have found that it is not even necessary to run a program in order
to crash a VMS 4.1 system using the command-line editing features.
It can be done from DCL, as I (painfully) found out the other night
on a VAX 8600.  The system rebooted itself, but it sure was embarrassing.
(Diagnostics on the console showed a fault in the "CT Driver".)
I deliberately leave out a description of HOW it was done (though if
one types enough gibberish, escapes, and control characters, one is VERY
likely to find out).

For whatever it's worth--I hope at the least Digital comes up with a patch
for this, and QUICK.
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|       dan levy | yvel nad      |  my own and are not at all those of my em-
|         an engihacker @        |  ployer or the administrator of any computer
| at&t computer systems division |  upon which I may hack.
|        skokie, illinois        |
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