Jim Henderson wrote:
Then again, that's your choice as a system user. I personally think waiting until the first major attack to go "oh, wow, we need an AV solution *now*" is the wrong time to start developing a solution or looking at the options. I really don't understand what's so wrong about being proactive.
I don't know that I'd classify mimicking failed strategies from the microsoft world as being proactive. If a problem of the type that you fear arises, or seems likely to arise, it should be solved using strategies and algorithms developed according to *nix principles IMHO. As for trying to label something as being right or wrong, that's probably not a productive exercise - l'd rather evaluate scenarios based on cost and effectiveness. You're certainly free to use whatever security measures make you feel more comfortable, but I personally wouldn't want to have a considerable chunk of system resources devoted to a non-issue, just so that I can imitate the microsoft-using world. To make an analogy, I'd never dream of stopping you from wearing a tinfoil hat, but I reject the idea of forcing tinfoil hats on all linux users as a standard feature. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org