Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:31:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910251329550.59784-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9910251622490.91975-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
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On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, jack wrote: > Today Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > Hotmail's engineers could not fix the problem because Hotmail runs on > > FreeBSD Unix, according to Star Internet. And Network Associates, which > > owns anti-virus software maker McAfee -- has produced a fourth version of > > McAfee anti-virus scanner that can detect Melissa-style macro viruses, but > > that version does not run on the FreeBSD Unix operating system used by > > Hotmail. > > IIRC, it is only the front end that runs on FreeBSD. The back > (mail) end is sun HW and SW. My question still stands, and that _was_ still quoted as the reason.. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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