> Signed applications and signed DLLs and signed drivers [...] coming
> to a Unix near you SOONER rather than later.
> Or is that the kind of thing you disable upon installation because it
> gets in the way of you being able to install whatever "you" want ?
Depends. Does it include the tools necessary to sign my own code?
If not, yes, I will disable it, to the point of running a different OS
if necessary.
If so, what's to stop a malware creator from using those same tools to
sign the attack vector?
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> to a Unix near you SOONER rather than later.
> Or is that the kind of thing you disable upon installation because it
> gets in the way of you being able to install whatever "you" want ?
Depends. Does it include the tools necessary to sign my own code?
If not, yes, I will disable it, to the point of running a different OS
if necessary.
If so, what's to stop a malware creator from using those same tools to
sign the attack vector?
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