TKermitFTP

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Mon Jan 3 22:59:27 2005

At 02:20 PM 1/3/2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
>Can't the plain old DOS copy command be used in the same fashion, i.e.:
>
>MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P
>COPY COM1 filename.exe
>
>entered at the 'receiving' system (at the right points in time)

If the program binary sent over the serial line didn't include
any characters that were eaten or rejected by COPY, and it
ended with a CTRL/Z and COPY stopped there, it would work,
wouldn't it?

This reminds me of the constraints on today's exploits and code
injection techniques: "write a series of three progressive
exploits and loaders that fit in 64, 256 and 512 bytes,
respectively, and do not contain any zeroes."

At 02:37 PM 1/3/2005, Tom Jennings wrote:
>Hell, with debug you could WRITE the program to input the file
>in binary! We're talking MSDOS, right? Not Windows?
>You can type this crap directly into debug, "aXXXX".

Go for it, Skippy! When it's debugged and tested, ship it! :-)
As the hex to enter into DEBUG.

You're right - the program for this would be small enough to
fit in the margin of a FAQ. "Load and run from the serial port."

- John
Received on Mon Jan 03 2005 - 22:59:27 GMT