Enviado por Jos ... el 20 Octubre, 2004 - 19:26.
De la lista forensic de securityfocus:
A dead man's switch is a device that must be reset every so often. If someone fails to reset it, it's assumed the operator is dead and the device starts a process. In the case of a computer, it emails certain people, deletes and encrypts specific files and directories, and other such stuff it's nothing more then a BAT file.
This term comes from the old steaming machines, the operator must always be pushing a handle, if the operator dies for any rason the push ends and the machine stops.
