Ah I remember the birth of the Winmodem, and other crappy software modems of the time, some wouldn't enforce a delay between +++ and ATH0, so if you crafted a ping packet with those characters it could bump those modems offline. Good times. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107
_____ From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 5:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords Back in the days of BBS chat systems, flooding the keyboard buffer with backspaces in a chat session would cause the modem on the other side to disconnect. -- ME2 On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Phillip Partipilo <p...@psnet.com> wrote: I remember some old unix of my past days where you could use the backspace as a character for your password. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Got you beat, Lovepuppy and Unix_God -----Original Message----- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Don't laugh! I used to have a user whose password was 77777 Murray -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Asterisks work just fine, actually. I noticed that most people's passwords are ******. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ********************************************************************** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam <http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6OTY3MTc0NTMyO nBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D> &Id=ODEzNjQ6OTY3MTc0NTMyOn BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ _____ If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam <http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6OTY3MjIyMzU2O nBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D> THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
