From kde-core-devel  Tue Oct 11 19:15:01 2011
From: Thomas =?UTF-8?B?TMO8Ymtpbmc=?= <thomas.luebking () gmail ! com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:15:01 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Security Audit Request for Screenlocker Branch
Message-Id: <20111011211501.07663008 () gmail ! com>
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Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:06:13 +0200
schrieb Alexander Neundorf <neundorf@kde.org>:

> You can also switch to a text-mode console (Ctrl+F1 etc), set
> DISPLAY, and start the window manager there.
Errr... "no".
In case there's an open VT and chvt is permitted, it's
completely pointless to lock the screen, since the chvt shortcuts
operate on X11 directly and are not affected by sucking the event loop,
ie. they even work when the screen is locked.

Cheers,
Thomas