-=> Mocking Paul Walker to Kurt Wismer <=-
   
 KW> from it... and if, as you say, the signatures allow for repudiation (i
 PW> No, that's not what it is (I think). A developer got hold of the
 PW> Microsoft signature (whatever it is, I haven't investigated in great
ah, so it's the protocol that allows for repudiation, not the signature
algorithm...
 PW> detail), and signed his applet. This applet, because it carried a
 PW> "trusted" signature, wasn't queried with the user before doing whatever
 PW> it did (which in this case was something harmless). MS weren't best
 PW> pleased, but it did  highlight the problem.
mmm... security... about as obscure as computer viruses... the lay
person doesn't know what to trust and there are complete twits putting
out next to useless products that claim to be the best thing since
sliced bread..
 PW> This is events as I understand them - you'll probably get something
 PW> different from MS, but...
 
oh, of course... i'm sure there's plenty of things they'd deny...
... in AV, the code the gets control first wins... boot clean!...
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