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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 04:52:06PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:

> Thanks for adding support for this but it should be noted that this can=
=20
> be very dangerous.  If your userland app tries to control the fanspeed=20
> and dies, your system could overheat.  Hopefully, the BIOS will override=
=20
> the user settings if the temp gets too high but that is a longshot when=
=20
> mucking with things at this low level.

We can market it as a security feature: "Thermal self-destruct"!

Kris

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