http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/227 A soggy blog by Rick Parsons Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/227#comment-54492 Rick Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:46:23 +0000 http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/227#comment-54492 Useful additional commentary on this technique can be found at <a href="http://techbuddha.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/anti-virus-is-dead/" rel="nofollow">Observations of a digitally enlightened mind</a>, (Amrit Williams, CTO of BigFix - a company that I hadn't realised was still running!). He argues that Anti-Virus is dead but doesn't follow through with the conclusion of white-listing. Another commentator, <a href="http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Robin_Bloor/2007/1/why_anti-virus_profiling_is_inadeq_.html" rel="nofollow">Robin Bloor</a>, together with claiming credit for the idea, talks about the general concept, but in this <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/08/death_of_av/" rel="nofollow">Register article</a> he also takes the idea a lot further and seems to favour a DRM type system where programs have to be centrally authorised as being legally owned and licensed before allowing them to run. This, I feel, is a step too far, as it disenfranchises the independent and hobbyist software writers. Useful additional commentary on this technique can be found at Observations of a digitally enlightened mind, (Amrit Williams, CTO of BigFix - a company that I hadn’t realised was still running!). He argues that Anti-Virus is dead but doesn’t follow through with the conclusion of white-listing. Another commentator, Robin Bloor, together with claiming credit for the idea, talks about the general concept, but in this Register article he also takes the idea a lot further and seems to favour a DRM type system where programs have to be centrally authorised as being legally owned and licensed before allowing them to run. This, I feel, is a step too far, as it disenfranchises the independent and hobbyist software writers.

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