At 01:35 08/12/00 +0000, opie san wrote:
>I don't think this is the case. The DAT files are compiled into binary
>format and if anyone tried to diddle with them the worst you would get as
>a customer is a DAT file that wouldn't install correctly, if at all. I
>have asked this question to McAfee before with regards to the WebShield
>for Nokia product running McAfee's WebShield software. That was there
>answer from the engineering folks that handle the DAT files.
binary does't mean encrypted. so either the DAT contain a signature or an
ecnryption
thing using a serious algo with a solid key, or it is an 'arbitrary'
representation of
data, and in the latter, nothing prevents from modifying it. it's just a
matter of guessing
the format.
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