>>> On 1/17/2013 at 09:26 AM, "Dean, David (I/S)" <david_d...@bcbst.com> wrote: > Thanks, but what could a virus jumping from a windows server do to a Linux > server considering that it would be coded for one or the other? The number > of humans that have become infected with hoof and mouth disease is quite low. > > I am just extending the questioning because I deal with this yearly from the > auditors. Once in a blue moon I feel guilty about lying to them.
Nothing, but that's not the concern. The exposure is that a Linux system acting as a file server to Windows client could spread Windows malware throughout the network. There are two principles operating here: 1. "Defense in depth" by having multiple layers of screening. 2. Having a hybrid of screening products, each of which might catch something the other won't. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
