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

[Cooper Quintin]

Also, apparently hans was trolling me about a package called
'notmalware'  *whoosh*

Cooper Quintin
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On 04/17/2013 11:04 AM, Cooper Quintin wrote:
> 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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