James Knott wrote:
James D. Parra wrote:
Well, I disagree with them. On-access IS needed now and even more in the future!
But it is not needed for linux. It is only needed for linux boxes doing file serving for windows boxes! Ie, it can be better handled directly from samba, not from the kernel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just out of curiosity, why would on-access scanning not be needed for Linux?
Best,
James
Linux viruses tend to be scarce. In fact, IIRC, there's never been a successful one. So, what would you scan for, other than perhaps email carrying a Windows virus?
That's a good part of why I'm getting requests. And, I recently passed on a worm NOT knowing it was attached. I don't care to do that again. Fred -- This message originated from a Linux computer using Open Source software: openSuSE Linux 11.0 No Gates, no Windows....just Linux - STABLE & SECURE! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org