From owner-freebsd-security Mon Mar 29 21:54:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11CFB158F1 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:54:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by phk.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA07988; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 07:53:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id HAA22580; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 07:53:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Cc: "Theo Purmer (Tepucom)" , "'freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Virus Announcements In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 Mar 1999 13:47:41 -0800." Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 07:53:52 +0200 Message-ID: <22578.922773232@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , patl@phoenix.volant.org writes: >> And mind you, the two of you may sit in your own private heavens, >> but many of the rest of us work in the real world. This particular >> outbreak seems to warrant the original email. > >If by 'the real world' you mean an environment where you need to >worry about virii that infect Windows, M$ Word documents, Excell >spreadsheets, etc.; then you should be subscribed to one or more >lists dedicated to those topics. Let's keep this list FreeBSD >specific, please. By 'the real world' I mean the one where people are not fanatic minimalists, and where the exception to the rule is recognized as what defines the shape of the rule. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message