“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this”

Post by kjs3 » Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 3:31 PM UTC

maxerickson wrote: post #273

hobs wrote: post #269

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What about all the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNE)? The nuke is extremely destructive and extremely dangerous, but its not inherently wrong, they have been used to close gas wells by the Russians, and I am pretty sure the US had the plowshares program. There are definitely some arguments that we could have used conventional explosives for those purposes, but my point is that a nuke is just a tool, its the people wh…

Operation Plowshare didn't have much practical application: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare

Post by archimedespi » Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 3:36 PM UTC

MagerValp wrote: post #126

conradev wrote: post #60

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It's a boot argument to the kernel, stored in NVRAM. These arguments are normally mutable. Apple had to write code to prevent modifying said arguments. Said code can have flaws. But lets say you don't find a vulnerability in SIP userland detection, and instead find a kernel exploit to get around the protection: If malware were to figure a way around it, then even antivirus software can't uninstall it. Only Apple can.…

Don't be alarmist, worst case a cleaning tool would have to be run from recovery mode, but nuke and pave is usually the recommended cause of action if you get a infected with a rootkit. SIP holes will be found, and Apple will patch them just like other security flaws.

Post by comex » Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 3:38 PM UTC

gilgoomesh wrote: post #62

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what if some os x malware finds a way past the limitations on editing system files? the malware would become undeletable

It wouldn't be undeletable, it would just involve booting into a recovery volume (either the automatic Apple recovery partition or a user supplied volume). Since all System locations will now be signed (as part of the move to SIP), it means that the basic Apple recovery partition will be able to purge any such malware by a simple signature verification.

Post by melling » Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 3:42 PM UTC

nly wrote: post #307

melling wrote: post #176

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Sounds like you live in a world where you didn't notice that China became the second most powerful economy, and which will become the most powerful economy within a decade or so. Of course they're going to have the military to go with that: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_...

The great firewall is a cowardly, non-confrontational technical infrastructure. I don't see China using a multi-billion$ missile system to shoot down a harmless foreign communications satellite that also served people outside of China. They're smarter than that.

Post by idlewords » Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 3:44 PM UTC

kjs3 wrote: post #324

chronial wrote: post #318

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Weapons-grade uranium.

Stop enriching before it gets to weapons grade purity and it's fuel for a reactor. Fail.