Re: [school-discuss] Help in persuading

[mikee <meschman@engima.com>]

hello,

yea, ok, but --- how do you really feel ?

mike eschman, etc... :-) loved reading your saucy post.


On Friday 26 April 2002 08:25 pm, you wrote:
> On Friday 26 April 2002 18:18, Alex wrote:
> > Well, McAffee has a page that lists all of the known virii. I forget
> > where it is exactly, but you can browse. This page is incredibly helpful
> > showing the 4000-some-odd Windoze virii, alongside the 2 or 3 UNIX
> > nasties.
> >
> > You can also peruse www.linux.org for security HOWTOs that do a great job
> > of explaining why Linux won't spread a virus designed for Outlook and
> > VBScripts and ActiveX controls. Also, check out the W3C security FAQ at
> > www.w3c.org. Then point out that Windows is the only OS that ever showed
> > up on that FAQ with only a recommendation that you do not use it because
> > it is insecure. Nothing else, just a recommendation that you don't even
> > use it.
> >
> > You can also tell your uneducated colleagues that I get about 100 hits a
> > day from Nimda on my Linux server for the past few months and it has yet
> > to crash or pass a virus on to another machine. You can give them my
> > email address if they want me to send them my access logs to prove it.
> >
> > Tell them they're hypocrites using an inherently insecure system,
> > applying a band-aid and then professing to be concerned about security.
> > Tell them to get a real system. If they email me I'll send them a free
> > copy of a real system.
> >
> > And if they ask, my job is administering Windows machines, so yes I know
> > Windows very well.
> >
> > Alex Heizer
> > http://www.synchcorp.com/alex
> > http://www.synchcorp.com/alexheizer
> >
> > tom poe wrote:
> > > On Friday 26 April 2002 17:39, Dave Prentice wrote:
> > > > unsubscribe schoolforge-discuss
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> > > > Hi guys,
> > > >       I have snuck in 2 Linux boxes to my school network, but I am
> > > > concerned about what will happen when I try to get questions answered
> > > > about connectivity. The school district got badly burned a few months
> > > > ago with the Nimda virus, so they want all PCs to access the school
> > > > network through the "Panda" antivirus filter. Since it only works for
> > > > Windows, and since nobody in the district knows anything about Linux,
> > > > they might try to make me take my machines offline. Does anyone have
> > > > documentation showing that Linux (specifically RH 7.2) doesn't need
> > > > anything like Panda to prevent virus spread?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dave Prentice
> > > > prentice@instruction.com
>
> Hey, Alex:  No need for overkill here.  The poor guy just wanted some  - -
> -
>
> Wow!  That's amazing stuff.  May I pass this up the line to Judge
> Patel-Koller, or whoever it is, that's deciding M$'s "penalty", and our
> Congress?  Thanks, will do.   :-)
> Thanks,
> Tom Poe
> Reno, NV
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