# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-misc/etherwake/files/readme,v 1.2 2004/07/18 04:09:34 dragonheart Exp $

	This program generates and transmits a Wake-On-LAN (WOL) "Magic Packet",
	used for restarting machines that have been soft-powered-down
	(ACPI D3-warm state).  It currently generates the standard AMD Magic Packet
	format, with an optional password appended.

	This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
	of the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
	Contact the author for use under other terms.

	This source file was originally part of the network tricks package, and
	is now distributed to support the Scyld Beowulf system.
	Copyright 1999-2003 Donald Becker and Scyld Computing Corporation.

	The author may be reached as becker@scyld, or C/O
	 Scyld Computing Corporation
	 410 Severn Ave., Suite 210
	 Annapolis MD 21403

  Notes:
  On some systems dropping root capability allows the process to be
  dumped, traced or debugged.
  If someone traces this program, they get control of a raw socket.
  Linux handles this safely, but beware when porting this program.

  An alternative to needing 'root' is using a UDP broadcast socket, however
  doing so only works with adapters configured for unicast+broadcast Rx
  filter.  That configuration consumes more power.