On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 02:09:02AM -0500, Joel R. Helgeson wrote: > Sorry, there is a lot to be learned by getting inside the mind of a hacker > and building software to defeat AV Packages.
I'll agree that this is an interesting intellectual exercise that has the potential to teach those engaging in it some valuable lessons about virus and antivirus and antiantivirus software. However, my approach to this is to declare that any operating system which can't survive in the wild without antivirus software is broken-on-release and thus somewhere between "suboptimal" and "unacceptable" for use, depending on how susceptible it is. One of the things about IT security which continues to amaze and disappoint me simultaneously is that a huge number of people have come to accept that it's "routine" for systems to be succesfully attacked by viruses. No offense to Fergie, who I have tremendous respect for on multiple levels, but the existence of the entire antivirus industry is a testament to the persuasive power of marketing and a prima facie indicator of abysmally poor operating system security. ---Rsk _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
