Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon access scanning | Date | Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:28:55 -0400 | From | "Press, Jonathan" <> |
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-----Original Message----- From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:18 PM To: Press, Jonathan Cc: Arjan van de Ven; Eric Paris; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; malware-list@lists.printk.net; linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon access scanning
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:38:23PM -0400, Press, Jonathan wrote: > >> I think you might be missing the point a bit here, as the traditional > Unix model that > >> Linux has prevents much of what the "traditional AV" products need to > do, right? > > Is your point that Linux and Unix machines are less vulnerable to > viruses? If so, that's not relevant to my point at all. A Unix machine > can be a carrier, passing infections on to other vulnerable platforms > (guess which one).
So you are going to try to force us to take something into the Linux kernel due to the security inadiquacies of a totally different operating system? You might want to rethink that argument :)
[JON PRESS] On the contrary...you might want to rethink your reaction. The security inadequacies of that other operating system that happens to have a 90+% market sure are exactly why Linux and other OS's that coexist with it should be more conscious of their own interactions with it. Enterprises that see Linux as a potential breeding ground for infestations are less likely to tolerate Linux in their environment. Why do you think we have so many customers who have a corporate mandate to have AV software on all machines, no matter what platform type?
thanks, greg k-h
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