Control Codes not filtered during input

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Symptom

When connected to a Unicode system users can input control codes when using copy&paste (e.g. sales order numbers from a MS-Word file).
Other terms

code page , UTF-8 , UTF-16
Reason and Prerequisites

A missing filtering function in the kernel.
See also package 121 in SAP note 447519.
Solution

Wait for a kernel patch:
6.40kernel?7.00kernel199librfc45RFC19sapiconv( 5 )7.01kernel34R3load( 11 )librfc10sapiconv( 2 )7.10kernel157RFC16librfc227.11kernel467.20kernelJan.2009

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