From owner-freebsd-security Mon Mar 29 12:53:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856BD14D56 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:53:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id MAA34668; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:53:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:53:12 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199903292053.MAA34668@apollo.backplane.com> To: Coranth Gryphon Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: virus announcements? References: <36FFE82E.9FF42BF9@intech.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org :I know that this is a general security list, but is is appropriate :to post virus announcements here for beasties which cannot affect :FreeBSD (or any unix) directly? No. I don't think anyone here is really interested in hearing about semi-intelligent programmers writing viruses that exploit big gaping holes in OSs that have been known to have said big gaping holes for untold years. Some idiot in the press called these things viruses. They aren't viruses, they're clue sticks. WHAP! -Matt Matthew Dillon :-coranth : :PS> And maybe it's just me, but sending a virus alert about attachments :and putting the data in an attachment, seems to defeat the purpose... : :---------------------------------------+---------------------------- : Coranth Gryphon | Work Phone: 561-912-2497 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message