> Fortunately for all concerned, although Alan's self-modifying code is indeed a > possibility, it's much less of an issue than the sort of malware that can be > found with a simple "find this 27-byte sequence, which will be found in either > block 36 or 37 of the file"
Thats a very old model of detection ;) There is another usage case for this stuff as well - which is on the fly indexing of material. An indexer has the same basic needs as a virus checker (without the blocking aspect) and doesn't have to be robust against sneaky material. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
