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Date:      Sun, 2 Sep 2007 11:25:18 -0300
From:      "Klaus Schneider" <klausps@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Exclusive binary files
Message-ID:  <45910cf20709020725u1741704dn97c275489bc4c4e9@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070902104508.GB19678@britannica.bec.de>
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2007/9/2, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>:
>
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 06:30:20PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 14:27:42 -0300 "Klaus Schneider" <klausps@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Well, anybody know a way to make the FreeBSD run just binaries that I
> have
> > > compiled?
> >
> > In general, it's impossible. There's no way the system can know that
> > you compiled a binary. There are a number of things you could do with
> > a custom kernel and toolchain to indicate that you compiled the binary
> > (like Peter's changing of ELF OSABI), but that's just security through
> > obscurity. If someone figures out those changes and replicates them,
> > you lose.
>
> You mean using cryptographic hashes to ensure that binaries match those
> you compiled is impossible? Something like NetBSD's veriexec?
>
> Joerg
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Yes. The alternative would be somethink like veriexec, using hashes into elf
binaries...

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