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

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Title:
  rwall adds \377 bytes to short messages

Status in “netkit-rwall” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  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

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