UGN Security Forums UGN Security: Underground General msdos bug?

hi

when i connected to a ftp server and i must type my loginname i write anonymous
ok so far so good
but when i have to type the password
the keyboard don�t write any letter
when i want to write somethin like [email protected]
nothin appears on the screen
but when i push enter he goes on and said that
the loginname and password were wrong

is it a msdos bug or am i to dumb?
i use the msdos console in winxp
and my msdos version is 5.1.2600

PS: i apologize for my english. i�m german ^^

it would be great if you can help me

its designed behavior... so people around you can't see your passwords.

ah thx

but when i have to type the email address
and i write a address like [email protected] it wont work
does he check if the adress exist or not?
or depends it on the ftp server?

Depends on the server. it may not allow anonymous logins. A security feature of a lot of ftpd's is to not tell a user that the username is invalid, thereby not confirming anything about potential usernames a would be cracker could use.

Infinite

ok thx a lot
i already wonder if it could be realy that easy

i keep on reading and learning