What is a kill switch?intended to protect.
A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism used to shut down or disable a device or program.
The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a kill switch limits, alters or stops an action or activity depends on the production, process or program it is
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:09:12 +0100, Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
On 29-Apr-23 23:03, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 30/04/23 02:48, bruce bowser wrote:
What is a kill switch? A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism
used to shut down or disable a device or program.
The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine >>> or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a >>> kill switch limits, alters or stops an action or activity depends on
the production, process or program it is intended to protect.
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https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/kill-switch#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20kill,down%20machinery%20in%20an%20emergency.
It's
the successor of the big red "emergency stop" button that can be
found anywhere there is large moving machinery. It cuts the power to the >> whole area.
Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.And data centers.
(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different >emergency stop buttons.)
the successor of the big red "emergency stop" button that can be
found anywhere there is large moving machinery. It cuts the power to the
whole area.
Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.And data centers.
Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?
(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different >emergency stop buttons.)
=20Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.=20And data centers.=20
Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?= >=20
=20
(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different=20
emergency stop buttons.)
Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that. =20
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=20Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.=20 >> > And data centers.=20
Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?= >=20
=20
(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different=20 >> > >emergency stop buttons.)
Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that. =20
And then there's this:
[NYC's Tabloid of Record]
Oops! FDNY contractor presses wrong button, shuts down
NYC's emergency dispatch system
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