> Machine
> completely unusable ... BIOS destroyed ... return to the shop.
>
> So read the documentation, it save your ass :)
Yes. So: Nobody sane working on a box that *might* be taken over
should enable such settings at compile time. He/she won't even
be able to reboot if someone became root (by a yet unknown
attack that might even pass a firewall).
There's a good reason why these settings aren't enabled by
default.
ciao,
johnny
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