From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 29 8:36: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C55AD37B406 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:35:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA22208; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:35:27 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011029093339.045f1520@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:35:19 -0700 To: Peter Pentchev , Nils Holland From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: VIRUS IN YOUR MAIL Cc: postmaster@daimi.au.dk, security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20011029190440.A584@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <20011029165515.L869-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> <200110291510.f9TFAuo25848@horse10.daimi.au.dk> <20011029165515.L869-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:04 AM 10/29/2001, Peter Pentchev wrote: >The problem is not virus scanners per se, the problem is *broken* virus >scanners which do not send their automated replies to the right address. IMHO, it's a good idea, when a worm has been broadcast to a list, to inform the members of that list. In my personal experience, this has saved a lot of people from being infected. YMMV, but I don't think that the scanner's behavior was inappropriate. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message