Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263370AbTIWNm4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:42:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263371AbTIWNll (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:41:41 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:16395 "EHLO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263370AbTIWNla (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:41:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:41:27 -0700 From: jw schultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM Message-ID: <20030923134127.GB7602@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030923114213.01b36e78@pop.gmx.net> <3F703614.4060403@euronext.nl> <20030923131715.C1299@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Message-Flag: This message is may contain confidential information. Unauthorised disclosure will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1371 Lines: 32 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. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/