> If you don't have the time, knowledge, or whatever. Don't be a > sysadmin. > > Being a sysadmin for a PRODUCTION server is a real job. > I hire someone to fix my car and repair my roof.
It is decades now I'm a sysadmin, but I don't agree with your statement. I keep repairing my car by myself (when possible) and I don't trust people who doesn't like to have a look its surroundings or to try to understand how a things do what is does. > Why because I could > try and fix something but I know I can't complain if I break something. This may also mean "don't use free products because you can't complain if something breaks". Which is right, but then why successful open-source projects are often so inclined to listen to their users? > > despite of all the warnings, the EOL signature was a bad move in > > my opinion. > > We are talking about a message send to everyone who cares for there > system of October 5th, 2009. > An old version of ClamAV can't find the newest viruses. The really old > ones don't run in the wild anymore. They find a lot of old viruses and the fact they stopped working at all is the problem, not the fact that new viruses may slip through. This move surely made ClamAV boxes safer: they aren't passing viruses anymore... Giampaolo _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
