Re: Recent Attacks

[ark () eltex ru]

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nuqneH,

"Paul D. Robertson" <proberts () clark net> said :

> On Mon, 21 Feb 100, Darren Reed wrote:
>
> > In some email I received from Paul D. Robertson, sie wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Viruses have *clearly* cost more money over time, and yet I don't see the
> > > same outroar there.  I'm not sure if that's due to market dynamics (it's a
> > > good business to be in the "antivirus" vendor space), or if it's something
> > > else, or maybe the sentencing this week is the start of that?
> >
> > Viruses are a problem which can be `managed'.  They're `damage' is also
>
> Only after the fact.

*BEFORE*. Just don't run (well, you can call it "open", if you are
lose-dose user) shit from the net and you are safe.
Don't use .doc and .xls for external communications. Use rtf and 
comma-separated format instead. It is a good idea anyways, just because
not everybody outside runs weendoze. 

It's a good idea to eliminate that nasty thingies inside the company too.
Switching to less dangerous formats and more reasonable groupware and
document handling system will help you not only with security.

If you are, after all, forced to get those things from outside, set up
a quarantine system and perform checks (or even format conversion) on it.
Use server-based virus scanners on your LAN.

I see the PC viruses from they day they were invented. And my opinion 
did not change for more that 10 years: only natural born idiot can get
damaged by a virus. If you run files you recieve by email, you are one
of those. If your users are, you should punish them for that, throw them
out or shoot them, just like you will do with someone who damages your
hardware on regular basis.
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