My apologies to the list (Re: ANSI Bombs are still a threat?)
Ben
samman at CS.YALE.EDU
Thu Dec 8 09:01:34 PST 1994
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>
> On Wed, 7 Dec 1994, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
>
> > That person asks that I post instructions for recovering from so heinous
> > an attack. All I can suggest is escaping to a shell and doing a 'clear'
> > (or, under MS-DOS, 'cls').
>
> I have found that some attacks that leave your screen doing strange
> things can be recoverd from by ussing the talk command. This program, on
> UNIX machines seems to reset alot of things that might have gone array
> with your screen.
If you hit the control button with both mouse buttons at the same time in
twm(an X windows manager) there pops up a menu--choose the 'reset
terminal' option.
Ben.
Who's not signing cause the DEC Rainbow he's using to dial in isn't secure.
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