Re: [Hampshire] Sorry for the cross post but you need to rea…

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Author: Michael Pavling
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Sorry for the cross post but you need to read this.
On 19 January 2012 09:30, Freaky Clown <freakyclown@???> wrote:
> You can kill a locked screen by pressing ctrl+alt+*


It doesn't do anything on the CentOS machine I have running right now.
When you say "kill a locked screen", what, exactly, do you mean? Does
it effectively unlock it, leaving you viewing the previously locked
desktop? Or does it do something else?

> please try this to see if you are vulnerable to this attack and let
> the list know your OS if different to the above.


Hmmm.... using terms like "attack" without defining what the
vulnerability is don't lead me (in my cynical head) to worry too much.
Are there any corroborating reports of this that you can point at?

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