> On Mon, 17 May 1999, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> > If this wasn't done correctly, within a day or so something would
> > appear on bugtraq on how to remotely reboot linux boxes. Effective
> > DoS or whatever. True, you could load a password via sysctl, but many
> > people wouldn't. I just don't think this is such a great idea...
>
> How about making it unusable without a password. No password, no reboot
> packet. End of story.
I suppose you would want to put a dictionary in the kernel as well, and
add checks to make sure the password was a secure choice... :-)
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