Security
Some people view this key as giving access to dangerous system-level commands to anyone who has physical access to the keyboard or serial console. It has been argued that this perceived security is illusory, as anyone with physical access to the computer would already have the capability to compromise its security. The advent of the procfs interface has rekindled debate over this subject.
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Famous quotes containing the word security:
“Happiness is peace after strife, the overcoming of difficulties, the feeling of security and well-being. The only really happy folk are married women and single men.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
—U.S. Constitution, Second Amendment.
“The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed. The experience of every-day life fully proves that the armed individual is invariably anxious to try his strength. The same is historically true of governments. Really peaceful countries do not waste life and energy in war preparations, with the result that peace is maintained.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)