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SubjectRe: information leak in vga console scrollback buffer
On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 10:01:43PM +0200, Egmont Koblinger wrote:

> Using the standard vga console, it is easily possible to read some
> random pieces of texts that were scrolled out a long time ago (often
> you can see your boot messages or similar stuff even after switcing
> to another console or even to X. All you need is a local user access
> to the console.

Feature not bug.



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