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
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