Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-20 Thread Hurgel Bumpf
, 18.9.2010: Von: Georgi Guninski gunin...@guninski.com Betreff: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors An: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk Datum: Samstag, 18. September, 2010 15:51 Uhr http://plus.maths.org/content/goumldel-and-limits-logic Gödel and the limits of logic Quote

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-20 Thread Georgi Guninski
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 01:03:21AM -0700, Hurgel Bumpf wrote: The solution could be a virtualized operating system, which has a control layer between the operating system and the hardware abstraction layer. Changes to data could be non-persistent in the first step, and only written to the

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-20 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:03:21 PDT, Hurgel Bumpf said: The solution could be a virtualized operating system, which has a control layer between the operating system and the hardware abstraction layer. Changes to data could be non-persistent in the first step, and only written to the hdd after a

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-20 Thread wmsecurity
Nowadays most vendors interferes and alters *a lot* in your operating system, from hooking Win32 API functions to modification of the IAT. It's only a question of who came first, the malware or the protection program. On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 00:30, Giuseppe Fuggiano giuseppe.fuggi...@gmail.com

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-20 Thread dave b
News flash: Computers are just not secure enough for us to use. But, I don't use computers ... only non-deterministic Turing machines ;) -- But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.               -- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar ___

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-19 Thread Pavel Kankovsky
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Georgi Guninski wrote: Another result that derives from Gödel's ideas is the demonstration that no program that does not alter a computer's operating system can detect all programs that do. What is impossible is reliable and perfect discrimination between good and bad

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-19 Thread Georgi Guninski
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 06:21:35PM +0200, Pavel Kankovsky wrote: On the other hand, It is possible to detect all bad programs if it is allowed to err on the safe side and mistake some good programs for bad programs. An extreme example is to call all programs bad unless their exact code appears

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-19 Thread Berend-Jan Wever
nevermind the fact that a good program in your list may contain as yet unknown vulnerabilities which mean it's actually bad. On Sep 19, 2010 7:08 PM, Georgi Guninski gunin...@guninski.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 06:21:35PM +0200, Pavel Kankovsky wrote: On the other hand, It is possible to

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-19 Thread Christian Sciberras
i doubt this can be remotely implemented in practice because of dynamic code like |eval| and mobile code. Because we all shout at and blacklist browsers when a website gets hacked and starts monitoring users' actions. On a more serious note, try a program, like Comodo's Firewall. You can

[Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-18 Thread Georgi Guninski
http://plus.maths.org/content/goumldel-and-limits-logic Gödel and the limits of logic Quote: Another result that derives from Gödel's ideas is the demonstration that no program that does not alter a computer's operating system can detect all programs that do. In other words, no program can find

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-18 Thread mrx
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/09/2010 20:51, Georgi Guninski wrote: http://plus.maths.org/content/goumldel-and-limits-logic Gödel and the limits of logic Quote: Another result that derives from Gödel's ideas is the demonstration that no program that does not alter

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-18 Thread Giuseppe Fuggiano
On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 22:51 +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote: http://plus.maths.org/content/goumldel-and-limits-logic Gödel and the limits of logic Quote: Another result that derives from Gödel's ideas is the demonstration that no program that does not alter a computer's operating system can

Re: [Full-disclosure] Gödel and kernel backdoors

2010-09-18 Thread BMF
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Giuseppe Fuggiano giuseppe.fuggi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 22:51 +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote: all programs that do. In other words, no program can find all the viruses on your computer, unless it interferes with *and alters* the operating