[Bug 1277981] [NEW] rwall adds \377 bytes to short messages

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When sending from and receiving to Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS :

Extra \377 bytes and a trailing '1' are included in the received
message, when it is less than 11 characters long.

# echo 12345 | rwall HostName
Result:
12345                                                                          
\377\377\377\377\3771

# echo 123456 | rwall HostName
Result:
123456                                                                         
\377\377\377\3771

# echo 1234567 | rwall HostName
Result:
1234567                                                                        
\377\377\3771

# echo 12345678 | rwall HostName
Result:
12345678                                                                       
\377\3771

# echo 123456789 | rwall HostName
Result:
123456789                                                                      
\3771

# echo 1234567890 | rwall HostName
Result:
1234567890                                                                     
1  

# echo 1234567890A | rwall HostName
Result:
1234567890A                                                                    
(No extra characters for messages >= 11 chars long)

Source: netkit-rwall
Version: 0.17-7

# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release:	12.04

# apt-cache policy rwall
rwall:
  Installed: 0.17-7
  Candidate: 0.17-7
  Version table:
 *** 0.17-7 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: netkit-rwall (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: netkit-rwall patch rwall
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rwall adds \377 bytes to short messages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1277981
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