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A usb-based dead man's switch
…it's current state until critical bugs are addressed.
@flowchartsman Currently there is a logic issue that would ensure the user's freedom could be compromised. checkExe("shutdown") is executed in the shutdownNow() function. If shutdown is not executable for any...
Ensure that shutdown commands (or any user-specified commands) are executable at startup. With a tool like this, you don't want any surprises other than the one it's designed for.
Instead of polling the platform's version of `lsusb`, the app should try and hook into the native OS as much as possible. Event-based interrupts, FTW. Programmable HIDs are fast little...
Windows 7/8 do not send SIGINT to console apps when the window is closed. This needs to be detected and handled as a reboot scenario, or, if it cannot be...
In keeping with the zero-surprises mode of thinking, deadman should detect, at startup, whether or not it is capable of shutting down. On *nix systems, this means checking whether or...
Initial tests on Windows 8 indicate that Windows 8 requires: - that deadman.exe is run as an administrator - that shutdown can be aborted by an application crashing (evernote in...
It is difficult to keep track of what happened when, so add logging, I have a logging framework for GO, you can use it.
In the event that the process is still alive after the user should optionally be able to specify that they want a shutdown that will proceed no matter what. In...