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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:16:51 -0700
From: Tracy Reed <treed@...raviolet.org>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:07:05AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu spake thusly:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:25:47 PDT, Tracy Reed said:
> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 08:57:18AM +1200, Nick FitzGerald spake thusly:
> > > Anyone authoritatively stating that antivirus software is a necessary
> > > component of a "reasonably secure" system is a fool.
> > 
> > No, they just think all the world is Windows.
> 
> Which proves Nick's point...

I'm not sure what Nick's point was. Although it doesn't suggest that
anything is wrong with PCI because they explicitly leave an out for
systems which tend not to have virus problems.

-- 
Tracy Reed
http://tracyreed.org

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