Talk:Secure attention key

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There is, of course no assurance that "only the kernel" can detect/catch this key, and on PCs this assumption is actually always false, it being easily remapped. 75.30.240.49 03:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Remapped how? --Ihope127 00:53, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

OpenVMS Break key:

See:

OpenVMS Guide to System Security
7.5.4 Using the Secure Server
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/DOC/73final/6346/6346pro_017.html Lent (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

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