On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:46 +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: > As you seem to agree, Alt+SysRq may be designed for the purpose, but it > is badly designed and should not be used for it.
No, I do not agree with this. Yes, I agree it would be better if SysRq did not require ALT. No, I do not agree that the current design is a serious problem. > > This is the right goal. The problem is to ensure that a "normal" program > > cannot simulate a password box well enough to fool the user into > > entering a password into an unauthorized program. > > The user needs to be educated for this: when entering a password, > _always_ press break first. Actually, that isn't necessary. There are ways to design a window manager to provide visual feedback confirming that a trusted window has focus. shap
