From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1IuA9F-000371-4h for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:11:01 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IuA9D-00033h-I3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:59 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IuA9A-0002ve-0J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:59 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IuA99-0002v8-Kw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:55 -0500 Received: from pne-smtpout4-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.154]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IuA94-0000xk-OH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:55 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (88.193.32.97) by pne-smtpout4-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.3.129) id 471A7B0C001A1C06 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:10:19 +0100 Message-ID: <4741C41C.4070704@nic.fi> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:13:00 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20071110213136.GA18400@thorin> <87sl33rdoz.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20071118115656.GB18369@thorin> <47402C4B.20907@nic.fi> <474138C6.3070508@sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <474138C6.3070508@sfu.ca> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) Subject: Re: serial port X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:10:59 -0000 Daryl Van Humbeck wrote: > If you wanted to enable both serial and graphical terminals (or any > other kind(s) of terminals, just that there are more than one enabled at > once), you'd really have to switch to using the Model/View/Controller > architecture for user interaction. That has been the plan. > However there is also the difficulty that when you have two separate > terminals into the same session (or whatever else you want to think of), > that might become a security issue. That is up-to user to choose what to do. If user do not care about security through any of the terminals then he/she can disable it (or better not to enable it at all). Then again you can reconsider whole security concept of the whole system if you do not trust one input. Making system secure is quite hard job, it kinda requires total knowledge of the system and that is not always even possible.