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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: BSD tty security, part 3: How to Fix It
Message-ID: <19325@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 22 May 91 12:38:07 GMT
References: <23893:May1901:19:2191@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <19313@rpp386.cactus.org> <19323@rpp386.cactus.org> <14858@ulysses.att.com>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
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In article <14858@ulysses.att.com> smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
>Umm -- ctrl-BREAK drops DTR, which is one solution already suggested.
>And ctrl-shift-ESC on the 630 is the reset sequence, which not only
>drops DTR, but also wipes the program cache, the font cache, etc.,
>on the terminal.  In other words, it's the software equivalent of
>power-cycling...

It is not, however, the =hardware= equivalent of power cycling.  As
is often argued [ religiously ] on various groups, power cycling is
bad for your equipment.  That's why I said that the hardware weenies
probably would rather that you use the keyboard SAK varieties.
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