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

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:47:04 +0200
From: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: No anti-virus software? No internet connection

I would presume that that would happen after you got infected and started
spreading malware.
Scaring people from the start ought to bring more consciousness.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:41 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:

> 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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