Removing System Consoles from Fedora

[Dave Feustel]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:38:51AM -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
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> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 09:48:12AM -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
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> >> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 03:31:18PM +0530, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala wrote:
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> >> >> Fedora Weekly News Issue 143
> >> >> ============================
> >> >>
> >> >> Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 143 for the week ending September
> >> 7,
> >> >> 2008.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue143
> >> >>
> >> >> This week Announcements trumpets the arrival of a new version of
> >> Bodhi,
> >> >> the freeze of Rawhide and some essential reading on the new package
> >> >> keys. In Developments we shock you with
> >> >>"Non-X System Consoles to be  Removed".
> >> >
> >> > What is the point of removing the System Consoles?
> >>
> >> Other than securing the system's keyboard/console from unintended login
> >> attempts?
> >
> > Console logins are the only hope of session security since X seems to have
> > ongoing
> > vulnerabilities.
> 
> It's probably more of an issue with the system consoles being accessible
> by anyone who can enter into the room where the servers are located.

I was thinking of virtual consoles on the pc. I didn't think of non-virtual consoles.