[33686] in bugtraq
Re: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glynn Clements)
Fri Feb 13 11:08:02 2004
From: Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:04:54 +0000
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
Cc: Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>, bugtraq@securityfocus.com
In-Reply-To: <200402102113.QAA06593@Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
der Mouse wrote:
> > Signed applications and signed DLLs and signed drivers [...] coming
> > to a Unix near you SOONER rather than later.
>
> > Or is that the kind of thing you disable upon installation because it
> > gets in the way of you being able to install whatever "you" want ?
>
> Depends. Does it include the tools necessary to sign my own code?
>
> If not, yes, I will disable it, to the point of running a different OS
> if necessary.
>
> If so, what's to stop a malware creator from using those same tools to
> sign the attack vector?
You don't have to store the signing key on every host which needs to
run the signed binaries.
--
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
