Vulnerability Development: Re: terminal weirdness?

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () THIEVCO COM>]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> This is a feature.  When your terminal software receives an ENQ character, it
> will send back the name of your terminal (e.g., "vt100" or "xterm"), or
> whatever else it's been instructed to send back.  Try it (ENQ is ASCII 5).
>
> This is also the reason why receiving random binary data on a terminal will
> often cause the terminal name to be printed many times.
OK, so now can someone tell me why doing a more on binary files
often leaves me sitting in ed?

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