[87155] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Wed Dec 7 08:55:32 2005
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:54:29 -0500 (EST)
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: Douglas Otis <dotis@mail-abuse.org>
Cc: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>,
"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>,
"Church, Chuck" <cchurch@netcogov.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <96820009-6426-411D-A590-71A13FF5B82F@mail-abuse.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Douglas Otis wrote:
> > Not my problem. I don't need or want, and should not be hammered
> > with, virus "warnings" sent to forged addresses -- ever. They are
> > unsolicited (I didn't request it, and definitely don't want it),
> > bulk (automated upon receipt of viruses by the offending server), e-
> > mail... thus UBE.
>
> I know of no cases where a malware related DSN would be generated by
> our products, nevertheless, DSNs are not Unsolicited Bulk Email.
Riiiight.
Virus notifications aren't DSNs.
99% of the time, they're ads for the publisher of whatever anti-virus
filter is being used on the recipient's side.
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