Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 08:38:06 -0800 From: Greg Shenaut <greg@bogslab.ucdavis.edu> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: The middle ground? (Was: reboot,ctrl+alt+del,shutdown Message-ID: <200111091638.fA9Gc7S14887@thistle.bogs.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Nov 2001 14:07:55 %2B0100." <20011109140755.C6511@heresy.dreamflow.nl>
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In (IIRC) bsd/os, ctl-alt-delete caused a query to appear on the console asking whether to reboot. It seems to me that if the concern is to prevent accidents, such a capability might be more useful than complete disabling of ctl-alt-delete reboot. If the concern is also to prevent malicious reboots, then perhaps the response to such a query might include some sort of trivial (e.g., compiled in or sysctl'ed in to the kernel) password checking. Greg Shenaut To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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