> On Sep 13, 2015, at 00:32, René J.V. Bertin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Saturday September 12 2015 18:02:52 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote: >> It isn't a boot parameter. It's stored in nvram, but not as a boot >> parameter. You need to boot into recovery mode to modify the setting. > > Goodness, I guess we're still lucky you don't need some sort of iDongle and a > $$/year subscription to modify it ...
If it were settable in boot-args, then an attacker could just set boot-args and reboot your system, or we'd have to lock down boot-args. Making it a separate key in nvram allows you to still change boot-args without needing to boot into recovery mode. --Jeremy _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
