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Re: Integrity checks for Mac kernel extensions
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Re: Integrity checks for Mac kernel extensions


  • Subject: Re: Integrity checks for Mac kernel extensions
  • From: Amanda Walker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:54:02 -0400

On Aug 26, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Arun <email@hidden> wrote:
> What is auto correct?
> Also yes integrity check is to make sure that some has not tampered with the kext.

There is no effective way to do this.  If someone has tampered with your kext, they may have tampered with your integrity check (by computing a new hash, for example, or more commonly just patching out the code that checks for it).

--Amanda



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 >Re: Integrity checks for Mac kernel extensions (From: Ken Hornstein <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Integrity checks for Mac kernel extensions (From: Evan Lojewski <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Integrity checks for Mac kernel extensions (From: Evan Lojewski <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Integrity checks for Mac kernel extensions (From: Arun <email@hidden>)

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