> I disagree quite strongly. DDB provides a mechanism to allow a
> sysadmin to obtain a greater amount of information from a panic
> situation then he could get otherwise. Being able to obtain this
> information does not run counter to running with a raised securelevel.
>
> If the system winds up in a state where a kernel core cannot be
> generated, DDB is the only way to figure out what is going on.
> securelevel is a mechanism which attempts to guarentee data security,
> at least to a degree. These two items do not clash.
>
Anyway, as soon as you can physically access the PC, youD loose anyway,
independent of whether you can go into DDB to do things. You can reboot,
boot a floppy. Yes you can do something about those things, but only to
a limited extent.
Nick
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