Re: [ANNOUNCE] Release Digsig 1.5: kernel module for run-timeauthenticationof binaries

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 00:35 +0100, Nix wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Arjan van de Ven yowled:
> > > On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 21:32 +0100, Nix wrote:
> > >> It checks mmap and mprotect with PROT_EXEC, and execve().
> > > 
> > > so no jvm's or flash plugins.
> > 
> > Well, you'll have to sign the flash plugin. This isn't
> > sign-at-compilation-time; 
> 
> the point I made is that a jvm has executable memory capabilities (it
> has to) and can be made an elf loader. At which point.. game over.

Then don't sign the jvm ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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