Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Dec 1999 19:00:39 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: malware defense |
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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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