Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:22:31 -0400
From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: "Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@ca.com>
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       "Greg KH" <greg@kroah.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:04:26 -0400
"Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@ca.com> wrote:

> You can say that there are four parts to the malware life cycle --
> getting on a machine, residing there, causing local damage, and
> propagating elsewhere. 

We're getting close.

What exactly are the threat models you want to protect against?

Once we have the answer to that question, we can figure out
whether the current patch set addresses the threat model or
whether alternate approaches are needed.

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