RE: funsec Digest, Vol 12, Issue 46

["Randall M" <randallm () fidmail com>]

Drsolly put forth his English humor and no one caught it?

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[Message: 2
[Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:04:21 +0100 (BST)
[From:  <drsollyp () drsolly com>
[Subject: Re: [funsec] Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test'
[       Viruses
[To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
[Cc: funsec () linuxbox org, Blanchard_Michael () emc com
[Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0608171803380.27618-100000 () ns2 drsolly com>
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[On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
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[> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:06:25 EDT, Blanchard_Michael () emc com said:
[> >  
[> > None of their new viruses got out AFAIK, but it happens under the 
[> > most controlled circumstances.  In my eyes there is never 
[a need to 
[> > create new viruses for testing purposes...
[> 
[> So you're an A/V package author/developer.  How do you test your 
[> software's ability to deal with variant versions of stuff before you 
[> put out a pattern for it?
 
["Test your software"? What is this new idea, "test your 
[software"? And why do you think it might catch on?
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