> From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users- > boun...@lists.clamav.net] On Behalf Of Jim Preston > Steve Wray wrote: > > Spiro Harvey wrote: > >>> Shame you haven't talked to to others - like havp for example - > before > >>> doing this. > >> > >> The announcement to EOL the old releases was made at the start of > >> october last year. If people using clam as an integral part of their > >> software don't read announcements, what fault is that of the clam > >> developers? > >> > >> They had 6 months to sort it out. > > > > The thing is that there are a few little issues here that, as points > > of law are not clear yet. In what follows words like 'vendor' may not > > be used entirely legally precisely, IANAL, but I am certain that with > > a bit of squinting my meaning will be clear. > > > > I know that in certain jurisdictions, reaching out to someone elses > > computer (ie not your property) and disabling functionality on it > > could constitute a criminal act. > > > > I sincerely hope that someone somewhere under such a jurisdiction > goes > > to the police and reports the Clamav developers for such an offense. > > .... > > .... > > Well, prosecution would be justified if ClamAV had actually done > something illegal. What they did was modifiy their signature database > to > support new features with advance notice and the fact that any > particular installation of unsupported software failed to handle it > properly is the onus of the owners / sysadmins of the individual > systems. If you happen to fall into that category, then it is time to > upgrade your system. >
If it aint broke - don't fix it People it is broken because YOU didn't want to fix it. There was a message (not everybody saw the message but it was there and every deb, rpm, god knows which format developer/owner/maker who case about his product had 6 months to FIX it so the system wasn't going to break. If you - compiled by hand: it's your problem - installed a deb/rpm and your distro isn't updating because you didn't want to upgrade it: your problem Who are you going to beat if your system is hacked? Debian/ubuntu/RedHat - installed a deb/rpm and your distro isn't updating because your distro is EOL: it's your problem Who are you going to beat if your system is hacked? Debian/ubuntu/RedHat If your lock of the front door is very easy to break open do you want to change locks? People please forget stupid child plays like my uptime is bigger than your uptime. The system broke, because of a good reason(more/beter signatures) so update. If you don't want to update your complete server buy a very small new one ($400) and install only clamav on it or install it with vmware/kvm/xen/.... met vriendelijke groet, Maurice Lucas TAOS-IT ……………………………………………………………….... Paulus Buijsstraat 191 2613 HR Delft www.taos-it.nl KvK Haaglanden nr. 27254410 Denk aan het milieu; is het afdrukken van deze e-mail echt noodzakelijk? _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
