Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:40:35 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>, postmaster@daimi.au.dk, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VIRUS IN YOUR MAIL Message-ID: <20011029194035.B584@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011029093339.045f1520@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:35:19AM -0700 References: <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>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:35:19AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:04 AM 10/29/2001, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > >The problem is not virus scanners per se, the problem is *broken* virus > >scanners which do not send their automated replies to the right address. > > 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. 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? G'luck, Peter -- I had to translate this sentence into English because I could not read the original Sanskrit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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