On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Don Williams <donb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sadly, multi-platform viruses have been created. It all depends on the > hacker's intentions and abilities. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Dean, > David (I/S) > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:27 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Virus software? > > 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. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark > Post > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:36 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Virus software? > >>>> On 1/16/2013 at 03:04 PM, "Dean, David (I/S)" <david_d...@bcbst.com> > wrote: >> We used Mcafee for a few years, but cut it off for lack of viruses >> (none!) and decided to quit wasting the bandwidth. >> >> Brings up a good point, has anyone ever actually picked up a virus on >> one of their zLinux boxes, we have not since 2004. Am I living in a >> fool's paradise? > > Yes and no. Most people I've ever talked to about this seem to agree that > such a tool is needed/desireable only when a LInux system is acting as some > type of a file server for Windows clients. > > > Mark Post >
Hello! In the early 90s a chap whose initials were RTM created a bug which as it happens crippled a good portion of the Internet. In an interview the chap complained that what he wrote actually went off too early and made a big mess of things, and died too soon. He actually wanted the thing to linger. So ideally our concerns and problems to solve are appropriate. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
