Microsoft Can Fix Ransomware Tomorrow

Re:Microsoft Can Fix Ransomware Tomorrow by ghusto on Friday July 14, 2023 @04:04PM (#36729202)

He accounts for this with signed applications, and user overrides for non-signed applications. Just like how MacOS allows signed applications to run, and (more difficultly than necessary) non-signed ones to run if you approve them.

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Re:Microsoft Can Fix Ransomware Tomorrow by gjsman-1000 on Friday July 14, 2023 @08:13PM (#36731737)

No, he doesn’t. He never mentions app identity or code signing once.

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Re:Microsoft Can Fix Ransomware Tomorrow by ghusto on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:02PM (#36739426)

> There will need to be a way to exempt programs (like compilers and backup tools), and maybe that needs to be issued globally, which means a process for software creators to get a special certificate

Paragraph 7.

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