At 10:37 AM 2/14/2002, you wrote: >On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 03:31:22PM +0000, David Starks-Browning wrote: > >On Thursday 14 Feb 02, Peter Buckley writes: > >> I agree about the healthy skepticism- this was obviously a false > >> positive from the very start, but I don't think the faq addresses this > >> type of false positive. > > > >Addressing virus alerts in the FAQ has always been a dilemma for me. > >I do not like to give the advice "disable your antivirus software" or > >"turn off checking for C:\cygwin". It seems to me that such action > >could be exploited. > > > >Should the FAQ say something like "do not bother the list with virus > >alerts unless you have independently verified that it is not a false > >positive"? This would apply to all Cygwin software, package archives, > >DLLs, ... > > > >There was a special problem with Cygwin Setup because NAI/McAfee would > >hang the system when opening tar.gz archives. Maybe this is not a > >problem anymore, and can be removed from the FAQ. Or the advice could > >be simplified to be "update your antivirus software or replace it with > >another vendor's product". Of course not everyone can do that, but > >that's not our problem. > > > >Thanks for your opinions. > >My opinion is that common-sense practices don't belong in the FAQ.
I have to say I agree. However, common sense seems to be loosely interpreted on this list. I guess the question is how much of a substitute for common sense should the FAQ be? ;-) For those that need the added support, I think the altered wording that David suggests (i.e. don't bother the list with virus alerts if you can't confirm them yourself) is worthwhile, considering that we already have a couple of virus entries. Of course, I have no delusions that having FAQ entries or changed wording will eliminate virus postings to this list. I personally would just like to be able to point to the entry in response and have that end the thread. OK, I know, I'm still living close to my utopia. ;-) Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
