Ctrl+S in Putty

[Doran Barton]

Not long ago, David Smith proclaimed...
> Every time I accidentally press Ctrl+s in Putty when connected to any 
> Linux box via ssh, my session stops responding. How do I restore it?

This is software flow control - left over from the days of serial
connections. Control+S sends XOFF and Control+Q sends XON and together they
make XON/XOFF, or "software," flow control. Hardware flow control is known
as RTS/CTS and involves switching the signal on a couple of the pins
connected to the serial port.

-=Fozz

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