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SubjectRe: malware defense
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 andrew@daviel.org wrote:

> malware - malicious code such as viruses, trojans, worms etc.

> The problem, then, is how to authenticate code before it makes system
> calls - writing to disk, or using the network. RedHat's RPM, with
> GPG/PGP signing of packages, is one way to avoid installing a tainted
> package, but doesn't address the other infection vectors.

The Immunix people seem to be working on some proper kernel level
protection for this sort of thing - visit http://www.immunix.org/

Matthew.


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