On Mar 6, 2008, at 8:59 PM, JT Moree wrote: > Anti-virus is ineffective. It deals with a symptom while ignoring the > real problem. That is: attack vectors on a system. > > By the time anti-virus does its job your system is already > compromised. > IMHO a compromised system is NEVER trustworthy and I would not > continue > to use it. > > I don't run anti-virus on windows or linux because I'm very careful > about what services and code I run and keeping up to date on patches.
This attitude is fine for a personal system but I don't know anyone running a public facing commercial server with any form of *nix who is not running ClamAV. -- Seven Deadly Sins? I thought it was a to-do list! --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
