RE: Posting formats (OT)

[Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Paul Hoeffer (Merentha) wrote:

> Please note that all email programs are vulnerable to viruses.  In other

really, never been hit by one in pine. of course I will admit many
years ago when vax'n and vt100|vt52's where all the rage there were
some escape sequence bombs out there.

> words, not using MS software is not going to keep you from getting viruses
> (there are actually far more Unix viruses than Windows viruses, for
> instance).

it would be interesting to see some documentation on that. a properly
administered unix box should be fairly immune to viruses.

> Bob's response is right on the money - there is no substitute for common
> sense and good anti-virus software.

yes, safe computing.

> If you think this is bad, consider the percentage of people who have their
> computers hooked up directly to a DSL line or cable modem with no firewall
> at all...

this is true for MS users, but again for the most part a properly
administered unix box should be fairly safe, you just have to keep
an eye one dangling ports.  But I will admit it is doubtful than
any home user is going to put together the resources to protect
themselves from a DOS attack. If someone takes down my service, it
is a PITA, but I really on care about loss of data.

Thomas

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