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Re: Supporting POSIX *users*


From: Jonathan S. Shapiro
Subject: Re: Supporting POSIX *users*
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:08:33 -0400

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 14:11 +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote:

> You may say "don't run untrusted plugins".  I can secure a computer that way:
> just don't switch it on.

That only worked before IPMI transactions over the power cord and soft
power-down got together. These days you have to pull the plug if you are
really paranoid.

However, there *is* a bright side: once you pull the plug, Hurd, Linux,
and Windows become completely secure. :-)

shap





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