[H-GEN] Slowlaris and Serial Consoles

[David Shackleton]

On 3 Mar 1998, Christopher Biggs wrote:
> Hey, y'all
> 
> Is there any way to disable the "Serial-Line-Break-Means-Halt-The-System",
> ahem, "feature" of slowlaris?
> 
> We find that using a terminal server as "virtual serial console" hangs
> the slowlaris box if the terminal server is powered down....
> 
> Chris.

I have been trying to recall where I read it (perhaps the Sun Hardware
FAQ) that described a fairly simple modification to your serial line to
buffer the break signal.

Of course, that makes it hard if you DO then need the break signal.

Really though, I'm wondering why you'd be powering off a terminal server
anyway....?  All our SPARC's never have their DT console switched off, and
the 'ok' prompt comes in handy for probing scsi devices among other
things.

Cheers,
David

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