Because many linux machines are used as mail servers, and if you can stop
the virus/worm before it gets to a windows box...
Thanks,
Adam Debus
Network Engineer, ReachONE Internet
adam(a)reachone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "seth vidal" <skvidal(a)phy.duke.edu>
To: <fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: include much needed antivirus products in FC2
> >
> Essentially - Core components should be contained in the core
> distribution and I think that, antivirus
> should be considered a core component, as you really need some kind of
> virus defence on any server,
> that serves either mail or file services to clients... Just like
> spamassassin is included in the core!
Umm, unless I'm mistaken none of those virii affect linux machines. Why
should antivirus for some other operating systems be considered CORE for
a linux distribution?
-sv
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