Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264920AbUFLU7I (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:59:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264922AbUFLU7I (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:59:08 -0400 Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.77]:59114 "EHLO pimout1-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264920AbUFLU7G (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:59:06 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:59:03 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Koblinger Egmont Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: information leak in vga console scrollback buffer Message-ID: <20040612205903.GA22428@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <20040612204352.GA22347@taniwha.stupidest.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 637 Lines: 17 On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 10:54:43PM +0200, Koblinger Egmont wrote: > Rationale? (At least an rtfm-like pointer to that?) Maybe I didn't full understand you. Generally I find it desirable to be able to read things that scrolled off the screen a long time ago. It's very useful for unattended machines if I need to 'look' back. I take it you're talking about something beyond that? --cw - 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/