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Proposal to Ban Rootkits for Improved Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

Calendar Feb 17, 2006 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Perhaps the best way to deal with rootkits is to outlaw them. At least when it comes to such mishaps as the Sony BMG Music Entertainment fiasco, that's what an official from the Department of Homeland Security suggested Thursday. "The recent Sony experience shows us that we need to be thinking about how we ensure that consumers are not surprised by what their software programs do," Jonathan Frenkel, director of law-enforcement policy at the US Department of Homeland Security said in a speech in San Jose at the 2006 RSA Conference.

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