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SubjectRe: Linux login security approaches

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Sam Mortimer wrote:

> In article <74jr4v$hd1$1@gate.mps.co.uk> you write:
>
> >Get linux 2.1.x, compile in Magic SysReq support. SAK is Alt-Sysreq-K.
>
> why 2.1.x? SAK (that would be Secure Attention Key) has been around for
> ages (went in sometime around 1.1.x, i think). However, it's only
> recently (relatively) been fixed so that it works in raw keyboard mode
> too..

Can I use SAK on the console without Sysreq? I don't like the combo
Alt-Sysreq-K becouse K is next to L and Alt-Sysreq-L would kill the
machine ....

The second reason why I don't like the Sysreq solution is, that It's hard
to press the kombo (the WinNT like Ctrl-Alt-Del is _much_ easier to use).
IMHO Ctrl-Alt-Backspace would be good. Its easy to type and doesn't have
allready a function (except to kill X11 - which is basically SAK).

The third reason why I don't like the Sysreq solution is, that SAK should
be available regardless if Sysreq is enabled.

So long my 0.02 Euro,

- clifford

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