From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 4 08:50:21 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA04738 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:50:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from helmholtz.salk.edu (helmholtz.salk.edu [198.202.70.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA04723 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:50:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bartol@salk.edu) Received: from eccles.salk.edu (eccles [198.202.70.120]) by helmholtz.salk.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA22147; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:49:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:49:28 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Bartol To: Garrett Wollman cc: Robert Nordier , Bruce Evans , rvb@cs.cmu.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... In-Reply-To: <199901041644.LAA08520@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < said: > > > Thanks, I wasn't aware that etc/make.conf settings affected the > > old boot blocks. I'll bring the new stuff into line. > > While you're at it, please make it possible to build bootblocks which > *don't* allow user interruption. As they stand now, the ability to > let any old person walk up to a machine and tell it what to boot > represents a serious weakness. > > -GAWollman > Actually, the weakness is "letting any old person walk up to a machine" in the first place --possibly with a floppy disk, floppy disk drive, assorted cables, and screwdriver in hand! Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message