[65371] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us??????
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Nov 24 17:06:20 2003
To: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:50:48 GMT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:01:28 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:50:48 GMT, "Stephen J. Wilcox" said:
> Nor does it stop the user inviting an exploit to run on their PC, eg web
> download, email attachment.. based on seeing plenty of virused/exploited
> machines at companies I've worked at which all had AV, FW, NAT etc they still
> had the human factor who would override a warning because they got sent what
> looks like a joke email with an attached .scr that later turns out to be a new
> virus/worm..
The average user will say "OOH! SHINY!! [clicky-click]" when offered content
promising either dancing hampsters or pop stars wearing less clothing than
appropriate. Any security model that doesn't allow for this is doomed to
failure.
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