On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:52:00PM -0800, smith wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:28:41 -0400, STeve Andre' wrote
> > On Thursday 26 October 2006 20:16, smith wrote:
> > > > Some people like to run antivirus software on UNIX boxes to ensure
> > > > they're not carriers for Windows viruses, etc. Personally, I
> > > > think it should be the responsibility of the Windows users to secure
> > > > their own machines rather than relying on the kindness of others.
> > >
> > > I second that. Why waste server resources and decrease server security,
> > > when all Windows machines should be running their own antivirus software
> > > to
> > > begin with.
> >
> > Why? Because an OpenBSD system isn't subject to the possibility of being
> > co-opted as a Windows machine can, thats why.
> >
> > Different perspectives are a good thing.
>
> If openbsd is running 3rd party software (clamav) it can.
If OpenBSD isn't running third party software, we have no reason to
assume it can't.
As to clamav, my new mail server configuration might include a
systrace'd version. But ClamAV isn't that dangerous once it is put in a
chroot, and that is not hard to do.
Joachim
