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Re: Texas Bank Dumps Antivirus for Whitelisting


From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:45:38 -0400

What's the difference between bytes that are executable, and bytes
that 
are used by the computer to decide what to do?

The former are code and the latter are data.  This is a discussion of
Harvard Architecture. 

As a security matter both can be very dangerous, but that's not the
point here.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com



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