Re: (PM) Re: Dial-on-demand filters & bring-up (and

John Storms (jstorms@livingston.com)
Thu, 07 May 1998 10:37:13 -0700

At 08:22 AM 5/5/98 -0600, Steven Freed wrote:
> dfilter
...[so on and so forth]...
>This isn't exactly what I would like, but it's certainly "good enough" for
>now.
>
>Does anyone at Livingston care to comment on this?

!!WARNING!! !!WARNING!! !!WARNING!!

You too savy for "our" own good. Hired goons (aka Headhunters) are on the
way to kidnap you (with golden handcuffs) and put you into the forced labor
camp (which has a free Coke machine) with the other Livingston engineers ;)
**Just Kidding (for the legal dept)**

Yes, it is possible to extract commands using the methods that you have
used. However, be warned, that these hidden commands are generally kept
hidden for good reasons.

1) Hidden commands are not heavily tested, if tested at all. The command
may seem freindly enough, but could bite you pretty bad when you least
expect it.
2) Some hidden commands can really lock up your portmaster in a bad way if
you don't know how to use them.
3) Some commands produce cryptic debugging output that is only meaningful
to the engineers. Stuff like which goto statment was used and so on ;)

Hidden commands come and go from from release to release and will often
change their functionality from release to release.

The general idea has been that if you're smart enough to discover a hidden
command, then generally you're smart enough to keep yourself out of trouble
(or dig your own way out of trouble).

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jstorms@livingston.com
Diplomacy:  The art of saying good doggie
while seaching for a big rock.
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