[guardian-dev] Whats better than antivirus? Whitelisting!

[Cooper Quintin]

Sorry forgot to include the link,
http://linuxgizmos.com/kernel-level-app-whitelisting-for-android-devices/

notmalware seems like an interesting idea, I would prefer something that
works more like the way droidwall used to work though.  Specifically
letting you pick which packages you want to whitelist.

Cooper Quintin
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On 04/17/2013 10:59 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> The free software version of this idea is the official package repository.
> Its a giant whitelist of trusted software. :)
> 
> apt-get install notmalware
> 
> .hc
> 
> On 04/17/2013 01:47 PM, Cooper Quintin wrote:
>> Apparently McAfee is releasing some kernel level app whitelisting thing
>> for Android devices.  Has anyone heard anything about this yet?  It
>> seems like a really, really good idea, I only wish that McAfee weren't
>> the ones doing it.  What are the potential problems with something like
>> this, other than placing one's trust in McAfee?  Has anyone used it yet?
>>  Any thoughts on how difficult it would be to make an open source
>> version of this?
>>
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