Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Add Network Sysrq Support

From: Andi Kleen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:29:11 -0700

Prarit Bhargava <[email-masked]> 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

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