But that's my point. Antivirus will (generally) automatically update itself ever week or so, whereas your Linux box won't. And I would argue shouldn't. I have no problem with it being updated, but it shouldn't happen on a schedule, and there should be a human there to oversee at least the first of the boxes, Just in case...
Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Virus Protection > The problem here isn't with the AV software or companies. People are > still getting infected with the slapper worm because they are lazy. A > patch for the software was actually written before the worm was released > and the patch was released soon after. It's the people that put their > Linux boxes into a so called "closet" and never check on it or update it > again that have problems with this. Laziness and apathy are the reasons > for a great majority of security/virus problems. The security of Linux is > proportional to the amount of time you spend keeping up on current > exploits and news and applying what you learn. The more time you invest > into it the more secure you are. The other extreme is thinking you are so > secure no one could get you, there needs to be a certain amount of > paranoia... not too much that you cripple yourself with fear but enough > that you respect the technology. It's the same as with anything else, you > have enough fear when driving that you respect the road and the drivers > around you but not so much that you are always slamming on your brakes and > causing accidents :P > > -- > Trevor Lauder > Web: http://www.thelauders.net > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Kevin Anderson said: > > > Even if I accept that a > > worm moves faster than AV updating a DAT file (and I'm not sold on > > that), I'd still rather see the issue resolved by AV software 10 days > > after the initial attack than not at all. > > > >
