Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:17:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:17:35 -0400 Received: from imladris.infradead.org ([194.205.184.45]:27657 "EHLO infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:17:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:17:13 +0100 (BST) From: Riley Williams X-X-Sender: To: Craig Milo Rogers cc: Matti Aarnio , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: OT: Virii on vger.kernel.org lists In-Reply-To: <22369.996603164@ISI.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing Hi Craig. >> Is there any way we can set up an automatic virus scan of all >> attachments at vger, and have it deal with any virii at source? > Better than that, simply strip all non-text MIME attachments, or > bounce the messages containing them. End of story. Two problems with that: 1. Some virii are text attachments. Your fix doesn't deal wioth them. 2. The maintainer of the XXX driver just uploaded a large patch that fixes a major bug in their driver to the mailing list, and zip'd it up to reduce its size. You just bounced it... Basically, that particular fix causes pain and gives no gain, so as far as I'm concerned, it's a non-starter... Best wishes from Riley. - 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/