Re: has anybody ever seen this?

Robert Hanson (roberth@cet.com)
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 12:37:11 -0800 (PST)

if i remember right if you put an E0 in your string then noone can put
the modem in a +++ command state.

-rh

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On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Patrick Greenwell wrote:

> 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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