North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Creating a crystal clear and pure Internet
* Jared Mauch: > Within the next 2 major software releases (Microsoft OS) they're > going to by default require signed binaries. This will be the only viable > solution to the malware threat. Other operating systems may follow. > (This was a WAG, based on gut feeling). The code signing CAs have never been subject to serious attack. It's unlikely that they are sufficiently robust for this scheme to work on a large scale. There's also the issue that you can't reliably tell data (which, presumably, does not need to be signed) from code.
|