From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jun 11 8:40:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca (spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F0B37B408 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEFE79EF18; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:40:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys.cwsent.com (cwsys2 [10.1.2.1]) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.12.4/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5BFeL5W001066; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:40:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsent.com) Received: from cwsys (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.12.4/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5BFeBGn080095; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:40:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsys.cwsent.com) Message-Id: <200206111540.g5BFeBGn080095@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com To: peter.lai@uconn.edu Cc: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group , Ian Smith , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux/Windows Virus In-Reply-To: Message from "Peter C. Lai" of "Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:16:00 EDT." <20020610131600.B26376@cowbert.2y.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:40:11 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <20020610131600.B26376@cowbert.2y.net>, "Peter C. Lai" writes: > Will this thing propagate via FreeBSD ELF binaries, or just > cause a headache because it mucks up the binary making it unable to run? > Symantec lists systems not affected as Unix, of which BSD is a true one. No propagation. I would think just a headache. I would think that any system that can Linux or Windows binaries would have an exposure. In the risk assessment I sent to my management yesterday, I assessed the overall risk from this virus at negligible. Let's not get concerned about it, just keep your eyes open. -- Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message