> Depends. Does it include the tools necessary to sign my own code?
>
> If so, what's to stop a malware creator from using those same tools to
> sign the attack vector?
How does the malware author get the private half of a public key you
trust for software installations?
--
John Hardin KA7OHZ ICQ#15735746 http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/
jhardin (at) impsec (dot) org [email concealed] pgpk -a jhardin (at) impsec (dot) org [email concealed]
key: 0xB8732E79 - 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79
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"Bother," said Pooh as he struggled with /etc/sendmail.cf, "it never
does quite what I want. I wish Christopher Robin was here."
-- Peter da Silva in a.s.r
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53 days until the Slovakian Presidential Election
> Depends. Does it include the tools necessary to sign my own code?
>
> If so, what's to stop a malware creator from using those same tools to
> sign the attack vector?
How does the malware author get the private half of a public key you
trust for software installations?
--
John Hardin KA7OHZ ICQ#15735746 http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/
jhardin (at) impsec (dot) org [email concealed] pgpk -a jhardin (at) impsec (dot) org [email concealed]
key: 0xB8732E79 - 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79
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"Bother," said Pooh as he struggled with /etc/sendmail.cf, "it never
does quite what I want. I wish Christopher Robin was here."
-- Peter da Silva in a.s.r
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53 days until the Slovakian Presidential Election
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