GRC | Security Now! Notes for Episode #67

Resource links for Security Now! Episode #67:

The Best "allSnap" Website

The links Leo and I originally posted were to Ivan Heckman's Geocities website for allSnap. After that site was overloaded Ivan moved it to his university's server. For the latest news, code, and updates to allSnap — which I continue to really love! — see this link:

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~iheckman/allsnap/

(And it works perfectly under Vista! :)

Kernel Patch Protection

Microsoft Patching Policy for x64-Based Systems
Quoting Microsoft's own description from the page: "Changes in policy that are related to patching the kernel for the x64-based versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems."
Microsoft Kernel Patch Protection: Frequently Asked Questions
Quoting Microsoft again: Kernel patch protection in the x64-based versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, Microsoft Windows XP, and later versions of Microsoft Windows for x64-based systems protects code and critical structures in the Windows kernel from modification by unknown code or data. This paper answers frequently asked questions about kernel patch protection in Windows.
Bypassing PatchGuard on Windows x64
This spectacular and VERY well-written article details the operation of Microsoft's new Kernel Patch Protection for the 64-bit operating systems.
Browsable HTML version
Downloadable offline PDF version
Downloadable offline TXT version