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From: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:41:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030923134127.GB7602@pegasys.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.51.0309231447020.1116@dns.toxicfilms.tv>

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:55:57PM +0200, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> > When there are enough complaints to mail server admins, hopefully the
> > philosophy will change.
> It is changing. I have been talking to antivirus software people (nod32)
> and I suggested that their virus signatures could have information whether
> the virus spoofs the sender address or not, and then simply do not send
> replies for infected mail. I got a response that they are working on it,
> and that other antivirus software developers like dudes from symantec,
> sophos, mcaffe, etc... are working on it also.
> 
> So we should have a slightly better solution to that when the software
> gets better.

What they should do is send the alerts to MS. ;-))))

No, because if the company whose mascot is a big blue bug
that reproduces by spreading worms were to actually fix the
problem the market for anti-virus software would shrink
faster than SCO's sales revenue.


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________________________________________________________________
	J.W. Schultz            Pegasystems Technologies
	email address:		jw@pegasys.ws

		Remember Cernan and Schmitt

  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-23 13:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-23  9:12 german aracil boned
2003-09-23 10:01 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-09-23 12:01   ` Jan Evert van Grootheest
2003-09-23 12:17     ` [OFFTOPIC] " Russell King
2003-09-23 12:38       ` Jörn Engel
2003-09-23 13:43         ` iptables kernel german aracil boned
2003-09-23 12:55       ` [OFFTOPIC] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM Maciej Soltysiak
2003-09-23 13:41         ` jw schultz [this message]
2003-09-23 16:36         ` Gerhard Mack
2003-09-23 16:44           ` Maciej Soltysiak
2003-09-23 12:50   ` Breno
2003-09-23 13:40   ` J.A. Magallon
2003-09-23 14:43     ` [OT] " Steven Cole
2003-09-23 15:50       ` Wakko Warner
2003-09-23 19:24         ` Wade
2003-09-23 20:06         ` Willy Tarreau

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