RE: Kaspersky strikes again

["Thomas Raef" <traef () ebasedsecurity com>]

> On Dec 21, 2007 7:16 PM, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Larry Seltzer wrote:
> >
> > > Even so, there would be so much less testing to do, wouldn't there?
> > > After all, on an appliance users can't just arbitrarily install
> > > applications (not and expect support).
> >
> > A signature system uses a single common database across all its
> > incarnations. If you leave out some sigs on gateway appliances, users
> will
> > scream when they find out. So, the testing of the database is common
> > across all platforms.
> >
> > Would you be willing to have a gateway that, by design, allows Huhk-C
> > to get through?
>
> How tough is it for a large company to have 50 or so "clean"
> workstations, packed with applications


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Especially virtual PCs? I would think that would be their test platform of choice.

Thomas J. Raef
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