Re: [Full-disclosure] Windows is 100% self-modifying assembly code?(Interesting security theory)

["John Horn" <John.Horn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is this a joke?


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>>> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at  6:39 PM, in message 
>>> <8CD662233C10C95-230C-4704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John Jester Wilham 
>>> Patrick III <watermonk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



>From Andrew Auernheimer's Diary / irc memories:

Windows is written in pure, self-modifying assembly code. Notice how you can 
install 15 gigs of data from a single Windows install DVD, which can only hold 
5 gigs? This is because the code is dynamically generated to minimize attack 
vectors. Any attempt to observe the static files on the disk will change how it 
looks in runtime. This is also why Windows needs to be updated so often, so the 
running code never looks like it did before.

Does this sound true to you guys? Windows does seem to have updates that take 
forever and speed wise it always felt there was something going on.  Whenever I 
leave my laptop alone, even when it's offline, indexing off, the computer is 
always working on stuff and you new know what it is.

Maybe all applications with Windows compile on runtime for dynamic binaries, 
yet through .net's open, user-friendly API are still compatible?

Balmer said he wanted to make Vista and 7 an OS that would not slow down after 
usage, but instead speed up. Windows is constantly reprogramming itself to suit 
the behavior of it's users and performing security and performance auditing.

This is likely true - Think about it:

All viruses are just malicious scripts. It's like saying *nix is insecure 
because script kiddies compile binaries and bash scripts that rm /.

No one ever has ever had an attack vector against Windows 7 or Vista. Please 
confirm.



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