RE: [malware-list] TALPA - a threat model? well sorta.

[david]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008, Press, Jonathan wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: david@xxxxxxx [mailto:david@xxxxxxx]
> > > The problem is that you have to account for the cases where the
> malware
> > > made it onto the system even if you were trying to catch it ahead of
> > > time.  For example:
> > >
> > > - Administrator turns off or reduces AV protection for some reason
> for
> > > some period of time.  It happens all the time.
> >
> > according to the threat model actions of the administrator do not
> matter.
>
> Sorry, I don't know what you mean.

the threat model that was posted two days ago in the initial message of 
this thread specificly stated that actions of root are not something that 
this is trying to defend against.

David Lang
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