Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:25:11 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9910251622490.91975-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910251308130.53784-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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Today Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Hotmail's engineers could not fix the problem because Hotmail runs on
> FreeBSD Unix, according to Star Internet. And Network Associates, which
> owns anti-virus software maker McAfee -- has produced a fourth version of
> McAfee anti-virus scanner that can detect Melissa-style macro viruses, but
> that version does not run on the FreeBSD Unix operating system used by
> Hotmail.
IIRC, it is only the front end that runs on FreeBSD. The back
(mail) end is sun HW and SW.
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