From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 8 07:26:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA09471 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 07:26:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgate22.a001.sprintmail.com (mailgate22-hme0.a001.sprintmail.com [205.137.196.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA09464 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 07:26:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bminazzi@w3page.com) Received: by mailgate22.a001.sprintmail.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA28169; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 07:26:06 -0700 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sprintmail.com Received: from sdn-ts-007coaurop07.dialsprint.net(206.133.160.122) by mailfep3-hme1 via dsmap-1.22 id Q_10.1.1.8/Q_25051_1_352b88c6; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 07:25:10 -0700 Message-ID: <352B8952.6708877E@w3page.com> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 08:27:30 -0600 From: Blaine Minazzi Organization: What, me organized? X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i486) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virus checking e-mail attachments References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nice Idea on the surface, but I can see a potential problem. 1: It encourages the end user to be lax. I don't need to scan for viruses... My ISP does it for me. _IM PROTECTED_. 2: So when your whizbang virus scanning program misses one, then you end up taking blame for not catching the thing in the first place. 3: Misunderstanding of the software. User downloads a file from net, and gets virus... _ HEY! YOU SAID YOU SCANNED FOR VIRUSES, I GOT ONE, AND IT'S YOUR FAULT! ( Some users just don't see a difference between FTP, e-mail, or anything else.... to them, its just "internet". ) Yeah, I know that all this really should fall to the end user, but in todays world, everyone blames everyone else. Methinks it would be better to teach people to be responsible for their own security. Simply make recommendations as to basic security precautions that end users might want to consider. The Winblows system will have the same failing, because the problem is mostly in human nature, not a lack of technology. Anyway, just my random opine... Blaine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message