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Apple Files Patent for "Tamper-Resistant Code"

Posted by samzenpus on from the can't-touch-this dept.

freaktheclown writes "The US Patent and Trademark Office has revealed that Apple has filed patent no. 20050246554 for a "system and method for creating tamper-resistant code." The system is presumably for use in Apple's Intel version of its Tiger operating system."

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  1. Rootkit prevention by iMaple · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wonder if this is to make the OS 'rootkit resistant' considering the recent Sony rootkit fiasco. I mean to just prevent Tiger from running on any X86, I would guess some hardware protection system would be way more secure than a pure software solution.