Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:33:45 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: <JGordon@Alliante.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mail list is posting gone virus!!!! Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011204172959.04d112e0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <01d701c17d10$a8b334b0$0001300a@lhtech.lhtek.com> References: <C1EC3AA970F8D311BA4D0050BAB07BA870491B@nhex1101.cologic.co.nz>
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At 03:11 PM 12/4/2001, "J e f f r e y D . G o r d o n" (a "space cadet?") wrote: > To my knowledge the FreeBSD mailing lists have too much traffic to run a >virus checker (and I don't blame them for not checking if they don't), I do not believe that this is a valid excuse. Checking for a virus or worm costs MUCH less than sending it to large numbers of users. >plus his virus pattern was RELEASED THIS AFTERNOON. Also no excuse. Our heuristic checker caught the very first copy (See http://www.brettglass.com/spam/paper.html) and would run just fine on the FreeBSD mail servers. Also, one should NEVER rely on antivirus vendors to provide patterns in a timely fashion. It is in their interest to delay deployment of patterns so as to allow users to suffer a bit; it increases their sales. McAfee is the worst offender here. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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