Re: has anybody ever seen this?

Patrick Greenwell (patrick@value.net)
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 10:43:27 -0800 (PST)

On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Robert Shady wrote:

> > > > > S10 ATS0?S2?S3?S4?S - Log/Net In USERNAME 0 0
> > > >
> > > > Well, the first one certainly looks like someone may have been attempting
> > > > to put your modem in a command state and then query the registers. I
> > > > assume you have a security feature on your modem or have changed the
> > > > attention signal from +++, so this shouldn't be very sucessful.
> > >
> > > I'd be more willing to bet that the user on the other side doesn't realize
> > > that they're connected, and their software tried sending the modem init
> > > strings. I've seen it happen several times.
> >
> > Except that the ?'s would represent register queries rather than init
> > commands.
>
> Why would anyone care what the S0 register is set to? Let alone 1/2 of
> the other ones?
>
> -- Rob

Why ask why? I have no idea what lurks in the mind of man(or more likely
in this case, little boys.)

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