> > 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
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