[87128] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jamie C. Pole)
Sun Dec 4 23:25:44 2005
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0512050416430.32648@pop.ict1.everquick.net>
From: "Jamie C. Pole" <jpole@jcpa.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 23:25:12 -0500
To: NANOG Mailing List <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
An even more cynical way would be to say that most antivirus
companies aren't in the business of analyzing viruses - they are in
the business of selling antivirus software.
I believe that is the fundamental problem.
Jamie
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On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Edward B. Dreger wrote:
>
> SMB> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:04:52 -0500
> SMB> From: Steven M. Bellovin
>
> SMB> A-V companies are in the business of analyzing viruses. They
> should
> SMB> *know* how a particular virus behaves.
>
> The cynical would say they _do_ know, and "accidental" backscatter
> is a
> way to advertise their products. ;-)
>
>
> Eddy
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