On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 13:14 +1100, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: > Chuck R. Anderson wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 01:35:56AM +0000, Naheem Zaffar wrote: > > > >>Since Fedora is supposed to be a general purpose OS, are there any > >>plans to add any type of AV software? > > > > > > AV is the wrong solution to the problem. > > > > Maybe so, but if you're using Fedora to 'serve' data for Windows boxes > (eg. via Samba) then server based scanning can make sense and therefore > requires an AV solution. Personally I use clamav. Both Chuck and Geoff are correct, IMO. AV is the wrong solution to the *alleged* future problem with Linux viruses. Go read http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=virus for a good debunking of that threat, as well as some good entertainment ;-). But something like clamav to protect *Windows clients* in a GNU/Linux based server environment does makes sense. At least until FOSS takes over the world. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets
