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Message-ID: <200408101808.48978.thomas8142@freenet.de> From: thomas8142 at freenet.de (Thomas Loch) Subject: AV Naming Convention > This completely misses the point. I do not completely agree ... > When a new virus is discovered, it is > essential that there is a RAPID response to the threat. ... I agree... > ...The idead of > handing the critter over to a committee to decide it's name is, quite > frankly, plain bonkers. Why? Why can't we handle not yet named viruses as 'unnamed' or we use a standardized (by ISO?) method to generate a numeric code that consists of a classification in categories and a sequential number and probably some kind of checksum or hash until the virus gets an official name?
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