From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: G. B. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: DragonEgg has been revived Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 20:23:59 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <5c2523c1-9ea5-453c-b80e-9cb0dcd16de0@googlegroups.com> <293cf892-1320-49e6-a25f-a36ea098cd34@googlegroups.com> <294fa0cd-ec72-4f0f-8065-0a3d5e1087fa@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 20:23:59 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: h2725194.stratoserver.net; posting-host="ba66ef325b34ad25e2c897a9734b8290"; logging-data="15834"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18WINBkLM3hNrjrB2TCGtGU5PD0FKYVf1A=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.1 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:q4pQ03lBYufuHY96BRrGOpdsxLY= sha1:6e6VGu5dPCjLoDG4Sh8kfaoR4Mk= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52648 Date: 2018-05-24T20:23:59+00:00 List-Id: Dan'l Miller wrote: > 3) #1 & #2 above are just the first 2 examples of emerging technology in > the IR domain and in the rework-the-machine-code domain. > 3.1) For example, imagine an anti-malware add-on (that, for the sake of > discussion here, violates the Target Code or Eligible Compilation Process > clauses of a modern-GCC-written executable or DLL) to operating systems > that reworks the machine-code at link-load time to eliminate: > 3.1.1) buffer-overrun injection of worms; and/or > 3.1.2) removes viruses/etc-malware that have attached themselves to the > executable or DLL and/or > 3.1.3) randomizes the layout of the machine code each link-loader-time so > that malware cannot easily recognize that executable or DLL. Or, remove redundant code like that which performs license management.