Re: I *told* you software forensics was worthwhile ...

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:31:58 -0400
From:                   David M Chess <chess () us ibm com>

> Oh, the content?  Sounds mildly interesting, and I'd give odds that the 
> paper makes it sound significantly more powerful and scientific than it 
> actually is..

Unfortunately, true.  When you get down to the details, he is really just talking 
about fingerprinting the modules that most kits are turning out.

I *do* think that actually finding some fingerprints of the authors would be 
interesting, but nobody seems to be moving in that direction with any speed ...

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