From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 29 12:40:41 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 91D5737B401 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:40:38 -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 NAA25783; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:40:10 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011029133756.04b05780@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:40:06 -0700 To: Peter Pentchev From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: VIRUS IN YOUR MAIL Cc: Nils Holland , postmaster@daimi.au.dk, security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20011029194035.B584@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011029093339.045f1520@localhost> <20011029165515.L869-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> <200110291510.f9TFAuo25848@horse10.daimi.au.dk> <20011029165515.L869-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> <20011029190440.A584@straylight.oblivion.bg> <4.3.2.7.2.20011029093339.045f1520@localhost> 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 10:40 AM 10/29/2001, Peter Pentchev wrote: >It all depends on the dosage; I suppose you would not think that >it would be a good thing for somebody to be able to DoS a list by >sending a little virus and firing off 250 autoresponders? This is the old "categorical imperative" fallacy. Not everyone WOULD use an autoresponder. (We don't.) And until and unless the list maintainer filters viruses, it's nice to get SOME warning out there. Ultimately, it would be nice if list maintainers assumed this function, but I'm not holding my breath. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message