On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 23:57:44 +0000, Sam Sharpe <lists.redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Installing AV once you have been notified about a real, working linux > virus is not an effective countermeasure. The problem could have been > in the wild for hours/days/weeks by that point and you could already > be compromised. AV vendors, including the free ones are generally > ahead of you in the game, even if they are still behind the attackers. Blacklisting is not the proper way to do this. It is always behind and wastes enornmus amounts of resources. Better approaches are sandboxing (which is being actively worked on for linux) and more serious attention being paid to secure design in the first place (unfortunately not enough is going on there). -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
