On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote:
> crumrig @
us-state .
gov wrote:
> >
> >
> > the desktop as well, as this is w
> > here a lot of these things start out life. Besides, I think cleaning up a virus at the wall as something comes in is a ton easier than having
> to clean up 4 thousand machines, don't you? I guess what I would like
> to say is that a case can be made for both.
>
> If you show me aproduct that would do heuristic scanning ( the only way
> to catch polymorphics ) without considerable overhead, I'll kiss your
> butt. :))
Paul, still the thing about most of these 'polymorphs' you talk about,
unless they are bootsector infectors, aren't a problem once you get to a
unix or unix clone or even ntfs. It's just something you dos/win folks
have to worry about. Granted, many desktops are still in that dos/win
<non-nt> game, but, desktops are moving over, and rapidly.
Thing is, unless virus protection goe into the bios or CMOS, boot sector
infectors are the major issue to be concerned with at this time. Unless
one is totally unprotected...
Later,
Ron DuFresne
>
> >
> > ---------------Original Message---------------
> > On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Pavel Galynin wrote:
> >
> > > --------------------------- cut ----------------------------------------
> > > > > I don't think the virus filters come close to being worth the cost.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Every organization I have worked with found that the best way to handle
> > > > the issue of viri is at the desktop workstation.
> > > >
> > > It is the most efficient way, efficience/cost ratiowise, but it is not
> > > perfect and leaves HUGE scurity holes.
> >
> > Agreed it's not perfect, but is at this time the most viable solution
> > available. Sure, one can scan at the wall/gateway, but, that's more
> > imperfect a solution at this point in time, not to mention the possible
> > bottlenecking that can most likely ensue. But as for this leaving "HUGE
> > scurity holes", I'd certainly like to see you clarify that statement a tad
> > <smile>...
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Ron DuFresne
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It
> > eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the
> > business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart
> > ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***
> >
> > OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
> >
> > ----------End of Original Message----------
>
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"Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It
eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the
business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart
***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***
OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
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