best defense (was: Re: Novarg

["Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>]

I disagree with Greg's statement and agree with Jonathan.  You cannot
make something foolproof because fools are so ingenius.

Jim

"Greg A. Woods" wrote:
> [ On Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at 12:05:26 (-0500), Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: Novarg
> >
> > The best defense to viruses like this is user education.
>
> No, the _best_ defense against viruses and worms, especially the e-mail
> borne ones, is to not allow your users to run known vulnerable software
> in the first place.

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