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SubjectRe: Linux login security approaches
In message <98Dec8.132700gmt.66311@gateway.ukaea.org.uk>, Neil Conway writes:

> This is a required feature for C2 level security certification.
> Microsoft used to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del combo in Windows NT because it trigg
> ers an unmaskable interrupt.

No, it doesn't trigger an unmaskable interrupt. It generates just a couple
of keyboard interrupts for the keypresses. Those are maskable of course.

> This feature will be gone in Windows NT Workstation 5.0 (2000).
> Why will the feature be removed ? Thus losing C2 certifiability for
> NT?

Vojtech

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