Windows Vista 64bits and unexported kernel symbols.
Matthieu Suiche, Senior Security Fanatics! http://www.msuiche.net January 1, 2007
Abstract: For the first Microsoft Windows Vista Beta, several articles have been published, talking about miscellaneous subjects like IT or more specifically Operating System Security (e.g. Matthew Conover[1]). There are numerous conflicts between ISV and Microsoft about unexported native symbols like the IDT, SDT and some MSRs on x64 Windows version. However, while the Windows Vista Beta 2 beta testing, Joanna Rutkowska[2] showed these initiatives will not make Microsoft Windows more secure. Further, the October 25 2006, an Anti-Virus vendor called Authentium[3] announced publicly that Patchguard protection has been subverted. Actually, Microsoft Windows Vista RTM (Release to Manufacturing) has been released but the problem for AV vendors still exists. Even if companies have told to Microsoft that building a standalone symbols importer is an easy task. AV Companies have announced to Microsoft that the decision to
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