discuss: Linux Antivirus Howto
Subject:
Re: Linux Antivirus Howto
From:
Alexander Bartolich ####@####.####
Date:
15 Oct 2002 07:48:18 -0000
Message-Id: <20349.1034668071@www9.gmx.net>
Jesse Meyer wrote:
> [...] A picture of our faqs touching and anhilating each other
> like a proton and anti-proton crosses my mind for some odd
> reason...
No. My idea is full disclosure.
I describe a lot of precautions and security measures.
And I don't ship anything similar to a working virus to
avoid assocation with international whatever.
> [...] The only potential for overlap that I see is where
> you define viruses, worms, and trojans.
The idea of safe hex can be described from two directions.
chroot/strace and reverse engineering in general can
be used to both debug/develop or to analyze and detect.
And the low-tech approach of projects like www.openantivirus.org
actually requires massive persuasion to foster progress.
> [...] One of my main points was to cover win32 viruses
> moving through a linux host, either by email or by samba
> shares, and how to prevent this.
We are fishing in two different ponds.
I claim that viruses are not a thread to *nix. Nothing more.
> I guess the question is, am I stepping on your toes?
No. If your thing is any good I'll add a link.
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