William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 18 Jul 2000, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > I'm looking for any kind of info on vulnerability to viruses on Debian > > and/or Linux. Pointers to anti-virus programs are also very welcome. > > There are no anti-virus programs because there are no viruses.
The followup by Phil Brutsche says otherwise. > There are a variety of security holes that crop up from time to > time, but Windows is far worse. No need to convince me. Why do you think I use Debian? > > If I can't convince some people here at work, I'm about to be told to > > disconnect from the net or use (heaven forbid!) Windows for any kind > > of internet activity beyond our firewall. And that seems to include > > This shows a remarkable lack of cluefulness on the part of your network > staff. I wish you luck, but they appear to be so stupid that you will > probably not have much success. I wouldn't call the network folks stupid, but the managers are another matter completely. Not saying they are, though ;-) Thanks for your reply anyway. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
