Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Jul 2003 00:52:58 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [Swsusp-devel] Re: Thoughts wanted on merging Software Suspend enhancements |
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Hi!
> > No, you don't understand. > > > > Magic SysRq is well known mechanism for torturing running > > kernel. Kernel hackers have it enabled, security-consious people have > > it disabled, and it is /proc-tweakable. It also works in cases like > > "the only keyboard on serial terminal", etc. > > Ah okay. So the security by obscurity bit was wrong, but the general > idea of SysRq-Esc was right?
I guess so. Advantage is that people already know about Magic Sysrq and know how to disable it. (It would be something like Sysrq-E, you can't really use esc). Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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