full-disclosure - Re: No anti-virus software? No internet connection

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Message-ID: <232890.1277206883@localhost>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:41:23 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: "Ivan ." <ivanhec@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: No anti-virus software? No internet connection

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:55:25 +1000, "Ivan ." said:
> Security is as easy as that......
> 
> http://www.news.com.au/technology/no-anti-virus-software-no-internet-connection/story-e6frfro0-1225882656490

OK. I'll bite.

1) What antivirus are they going to force me to install on my Fedora laptop?

2) How will they verify the presense of A/V software on a properly firewalled
system?

3) If the answer to (2) is "run some sort of agent software on every box",
in how many different ways can this end badly?

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