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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] ELF executable signing and verification
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 06:22:47PM +0200, Kasatkin, Dmitry wrote:

[..]
> > Currently it is expected to use these patches only for statically linked
> > executables. No dynamic linking. In fact patches specifically disable
> > calling interpreter. This does not prevent against somebody using dlopen()
> > sutff. So don't sign binaries which do that.
>
> How dynamic linking and interpreter are related together?

Well interpreter will do the dynamic linking automatically? So I blocked
that.

>
> This is rather policy than enforcement.
> Protection works only for statically linked binaries, because dynamic
> libraries are not verified.

Agreed.

Thanks
Vivek


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