On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:06:02PM +0800, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote: > On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 11:16:14AM +0800, Migs Paraz wrote: > > Unfortunately, virus signatures are considered proprietary IPR by antivirus > > makers. > > I wonder how they can argue that, as virus signatures come from code > that is found in the wild and can be analyzed and a signature derived by > anyone who cares to do so.
well it's proprietary in the sense that they spent R&D time and money on getting the signatures. openantivirus.org has a project that has an open signature spec - now to just populate that... > Unless that implies that the antivirus makers actually MAKE some of > these viruses themselves! <conspiracy-theorist-grin/>. well well... _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
