>> [...] 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 [malware]. > Anyone who actually thinks that AV is some magic bullet is sorely > misguided -- it is simply yet another tool. Period.
Well, sure. But that it's a useful tool says a lot about the state of the system(s) it's useful on. And that by and large people accept the sort of level of OS security that makes AV useful is...well, as rsk put it, "a testament to the persuasive power of marketing and a prima facie indicator of abysmally poor operating system security". /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B _______________________________________________ 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.
