From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, agospoda@redhat.com,
nhorman@redhat.com, lwoodman@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Add Network Sysrq Support
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:29:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k4cd3mwo.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110621130040.12035.62533.sendpatchset@prarit.bos.redhat.com> (Prarit Bhargava's message of "Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:40 -0400")
Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> writes:
>
> Note that the network sysrq automatically disables after the receipt of
> the ping, ie) it is single-shot mode. If you want to use this again, you
> must complete the above four steps again.
Good idea, but: why not add a single key (e.g. a hash digest with
the key hashed in) and make it reasonably secure?
That should not be that hard and would make it a lot more useful.
It would not defend against all attacks, but probably make it
"LAN grade" at least.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-22 15:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-21 13:00 [PATCH]: Add Network Sysrq Support Prarit Bhargava
2011-06-21 17:08 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-06-21 18:30 ` Neil Horman
2011-06-21 20:09 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-21 20:37 ` Florian Westphal
2011-06-21 20:46 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-21 22:12 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-06-21 22:05 ` Flavio Leitner
2011-06-21 22:26 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-06-21 23:32 ` Flavio Leitner
2011-06-21 22:56 ` Florian Westphal
2011-06-21 22:58 ` David Miller
2011-06-22 10:26 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-06-22 10:35 ` David Miller
2011-06-22 10:42 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-06-22 10:54 ` Florian Westphal
2011-06-22 12:19 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-06-22 12:37 ` John Haxby
2011-06-22 17:39 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-06-22 18:46 ` John Haxby
2011-06-22 20:29 ` David Miller
2011-06-22 18:57 ` John Haxby
2011-06-22 20:27 ` David Miller
2011-06-24 14:37 ` John Haxby
2011-06-22 7:55 ` WANG Cong
2011-06-22 15:29 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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