On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:25:05PM +0000, Uwe Ohse wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:22:43PM -0600, John W. Lemons III wrote:
> > >Then ignore that minority group and don't prolong their agony by giving
> > >them access to non-solutions like virus scanners.
> > I disagree with the assertion that virus scanners are non-solutions.
> me too.
I do too, but only to a point. Automated virus scanners reduce but do
not eliminate the risk of infection from viruses.
However, virus scanners are NOT a solution. They are a band-aid to
aleviate the symptoms of the problem. The problem is a lack of
protection in the software (OS and application) itself. Proper
protection models would be a solution.
User education is also a problem. Everybody believes that you can
simply use software with no training, even though every other
significant endeavour they might do (driving, operating equipment,
making sales calls for a company, etc.) requires a significant level of
instruction.
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Bruce Guenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://em.ca/~bruceg/
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