Re: tlug: Displaying BMPString on Console using printf in C.

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

Frank, who should know better, writes:

    Frank> On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 02:59:04PM +0900, Stephen
    Frank> J. Turnbull wrote:

    >> ... You have to run a separate program, kon2, on the console.

    >> ... It may have security issues, since it needs to access the
    >> hardware to bypass the Linux console.

    Frank> On the other hand, once you've given a stranger access to
    Frank> the console of your machine, why worry any further about
    Frank> security?

Diskless Linux workstation running on readonly NFS root.  I'll trust
that with nonroot users, but not with root.

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