Re: virus killers?
On Monday 14 October 2002 02:21, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> For example, lets
> say that for some reason an exploit is found and it will take a few
> hours or days to patch. Meanwhile, the signature of the exploit is
> already known. In one case it requires someone to write a patch to
> resolve the exploit, then for the effected sysadmin(s) to acquire and
> apply said patch, after becoming aware of it's existence. On the
> other, it simply requires the signature of the exploit to be added to
> a database, which in many cases is automatically updated.
Yes, that is indeed an excellent argument, and it does indeed punch a
hole in my argument. OK, so I guess virus scanners may be a good tool
after all.
Best,
Kjetil
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