Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Stephen J. Smoogen
On 9/27/05, Tripp Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen J. Smoogen wrote: > > >From my day job. When looking at purchasing various products, we go > > So you have experienced first hand, where 'open source' (free as in > speech) products have gotten the cold shoulder due to OMB in U.S. > Feder

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Tripp Sims
Stephen J. Smoogen wrote: From my day job. When looking at purchasing various products, we go from our Department guides which are based on OMB and/or NIST standards. If the US Govt is serious about it.. then the OMB would put in a clause that US Government funds could only be used when the anti

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Nepenthes Development Team
Hi, sure, i like the idea, but im as sure they wont get it done properly. why? lets say the naming problem is as old as the virus problem itself. maybe not that old, but when the first two av scanners were availible, exactly these problems showed up. A calls it cat, B calls it dog. so why shall

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Stephen J. Smoogen
On 9/27/05, Tripp Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen J. Smoogen wrote: > > > The standard big stick is that the US Govt OMB will require all US > > Govt Computers to use vendors that list their viruses with the CME > > numbers. This uses the 'we are going to spend our money on those who > >

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Tripp Sims
Stephen J. Smoogen wrote: The standard big stick is that the US Govt OMB will require all US Govt Computers to use vendors that list their viruses with the CME numbers. This uses the 'we are going to spend our money on those who comply' which gets most vendors to comply. This also works against

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Stephen J. Smoogen
On 9/27/05, Dennis Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In an industry where being consistantly first with anti-viral code translates > to > revenue there is no reason to expect adding this layer of bureaucracy will > gather much following. This is a solution for an insignificant problem. It is

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Dennis Peterson
Daniel J McDonald wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 00:10 +1000, Bill Maidment wrote: Daniel J McDonald wrote: Since the so-called "major players" are supposedly on board with this, will we see clamav providing input to this project? http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1862251,00.asp Frankly, it

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 00:10 +1000, Bill Maidment wrote: > Daniel J McDonald wrote: > > Since the so-called "major players" are supposedly on board with this, > > will we see clamav providing input to this project? > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1862251,00.asp > > > > Frankly, it seems pr

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Nigel Horne
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 14:53, Daniel J McDonald wrote: > Since the so-called "major players" are supposedly on board with this, > will we see clamav providing input to this project? > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1862251,00.asp > > Frankly, it seems pretty hokey to me... I'd like to know w

Re: [Clamav-users] Common Malware Enumeration

2005-09-27 Thread Bill Maidment
Daniel J McDonald wrote: Since the so-called "major players" are supposedly on board with this, will we see clamav providing input to this project? http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1862251,00.asp Frankly, it seems pretty hokey to me... I say, everyone do their own thing. Whoever choses th