From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] security of inferno os [ptr]
From: anothy@cosym.net
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Date: Tue,  5 Feb 2002 11:17:11 -0500
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// If my machine is 150 miles away how will I press enter to
// tell it to boot from local...

the cpu server kernel will time out if given a default in plan9.ini.
i think it's the 'bootargs=' line, but i could be wrong.

// ...how is it possible to prevent the col-locators using it from
// the terminal.

hmm... i guess you could just not run rio and exec something
out of cpurc that tied up the console (i've done that for other
reasons with a simple tail -f of various logs), but it'd be nicer
to retain the ability to use the console yourself (even remotely,
like via the Avanstar). the patches to get a terminal and cpu
server on the same box might be relavant, too. they're out of
date, but can be found here:
	http://www.fywss.com/plan9/info/misc/cpu_terminal

more generally speaking, though, i'd say if you don't trust your
colo enough to not dink around on your console, all bets are off...
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