-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2008-07-08 at 21:06 -0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
But you don't really need on-access-scan to protect linux from possible (future) viruses.
What you need to protect are the entry points to the computer: email, external disks, shared mounts... and some inteligence on the part of the user, like scanning downloaded software, manually if needed.
On access scanning, though, is a proven way of dealing particularly with removable media - rather than:
1. I put a USB key in the drive. 2. I scan the key 3. I use the data on the key
This process is streamlined by:
1. I put a USB key in the drive 2. I access the data on the key; if it's infected, I get a notification of some sort and access is denied to the file until it's cleaned, usually with manual intervention.
This is wasteful and even unsafe; unsafe because only accessed files are scanned. Wasteful because a file is scanned every time it is accessed, repeatedly, which is slow. I don't do that even when I use windows. And not needed in Linux because linux doesn't need this protection: it is only needed for windows. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIc+titTMYHG2NR9URArPWAJwMDQOGuc/yPK5ZwL4xtjSN/c0/fgCfSu7p u5XPZ2mdjRUxBW6c1uJc4Rw= =YZ1b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org