Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:44:19 -0800 (PST) From: David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>, Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>, <postmaster@daimi.au.dk>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: VIRUS IN YOUR MAIL Message-ID: <20011029084203.K35308-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011029093339.045f1520@localhost>
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > 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 I'd agree if it was coming from an "official" source, like the FreeBSD.ORG mail server - however as it is now, any random mail server admin could set it up and start sending out these auto-responses. Sure it's just one or two a day now, but as the idea catches on it'll reach USENET-cancel-level proportions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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