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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Servers with KVM access, could have it compromised, letting bad actors enter safe mode.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If your RMM gets compromised then you have much larger issues.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

Doesn't need to be fully compromised, but it isn't unusual for the access credentials to some portion, to be stored on an easier to compromise system. Disabling safe mode on a server, prevents stuff like a single compromised laptop, from becoming a full server compromise.