[ale] Linux Firewall

[Nick Lucent]

magic sysrq key does a bunch of neat stuff, you can read about in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt

Nick

On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Jacob Langseth wrote:

> On Thursday, April 08, 1999 21:10, Wandered Inn 
> [SMTP:esoteric at denali.atlnet.com] wrote:
> 
> >  ...or if you're
> > > running 2.2.x, hit the Magic SysRq key.
> >
> > What does this 'magic' key do, pray tell??? (as I run 2.2.1...)
> 
> My understanding is that it halts the system in a
> manner which doesn't alter the file system, but yet
> is a 'safe' shutdown (as opposed to just flicking the
> power switch).
> 
> I'll try to dig up the ref where I saw it.
> 
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