Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:43:52 -0700 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: information leak in vga console scrollback buffer |
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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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