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Date:      Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:09:45 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@linux.gr>
To:        Dean Strik <dean@stack.nl>
Cc:        Jesper Wallin <jesper@www.hackunite.net>
Subject:   Re: Information disclosure?
Message-ID:  <20050422150945.GA52260@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
In-Reply-To: <20050422144740.GB81889@dragon.stack.nl>
References:  <42686A29.7090900@hackunite.net> <810a540e05042120493eb79da0@mail.gmail.com> <42687BDD.6000008@hackunite.net> <20050422115200.GA58483@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050422144740.GB81889@dragon.stack.nl>

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On 2005-04-22 16:47, Dean Strik <dean@stack.nl> wrote:
>Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> Putting "deliberate paranoia" aside for a while, you can always _force_
>> the syscons buffer to be cleared by toggling between a couple of
>> different video modes:
>>
>> 	# vidcontrol 80x30 ; vidcontrol 80x25 ; clear ; logout
>
> vidcontrol -C is simpler and actually works :-)
> Changing the videomodes doesn't generally clear the buffer.

True.  I should have checked more carefully before posting.  Sorry :/



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