[Cryptography] Buffer overflows from 1974

Jon Callas jon at callas.org
Tue Jan 6 00:07:55 EST 2026



> On Jan 5, 2026, at 18:09, Peter Gutmann via cryptography <cryptography at metzdowd.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> is an ASR3x, not a VT52.
> 

The early unix people were pretty obviously two-finger typists on an ASR33. Stupid curly braces.

In the DEC world, the VT05 was 1970, VT52 in 1975, VT100 in 1978. For paper printers, the LA36 was 1974. So yeah.

	Jon




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