On a PC the lp data port is a single readable register normally living
on a side bus of the PCI chipset (so fast). Just read it and check it
is some specific magic value.
> adapter to do a smartcard/dongle kind of thing for some crypto work. For
> a laptop, this helps keep things like keys off the box and transportable
> Sounds like a similar idea to the parallel port idea.
Very, although its harder to check instantly in kernel. I guess you'd have
to put in code that allows key based changing of securelevel via an ioctl
> What about 2.2? I noticed that the capabilities stuff is largely
> supplanting the securelevel idea.
They are simply more fine grained. Chris Evans has found a couple of problems
with the current model but they are fixable
Alan
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