Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: BACON@MTUS5.BITNET (Jeffery K. Bacon) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: new network-virus group? Message-ID: <0001.y8907031143.AA09258@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 30 Jun 89 17:55:48 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Reply-To: VIRUS-L@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.EDU Lines: 47 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu A little while ago, there was some hashing about the overly pcoriented direction of this list or something like that. (Forgive me, I had 4+ week's worth of mail to catch up on in the past 1-1/2 wks, and it's been a while since I read the virus-l notebook - which was sizeable. So...) Anyway. I don't mean to hash on the pc virus gurus and the pc virus problems - I will definitely agree, they are very serious, and need much attention. In fact, I will say right here and now that THIS netgroup, in my wide and varied experience, is one of THE most productive and useful groups I have EVER seen ANYWHERE in netland. (Please note that when I say 'PC', I mean 'personal computer' in general, not IBM-PC&clones.) This of course needs to continue. My thought here is that the group has kind of shifted directions towards the PC environment. But the networking environment and the issues surrounding it are very different. There are of course no major network virus dangers right now, but network security and finding loopholes is always a major concern. Is there a place for another list concerning viruses in the network and PC-NFS/LAN environment? I remain kind of neutral on the issue, I just bring it up here for thought. There might be some overlap with VIRUS-L as it is, or perhaps with the SECURITY list, that might want to be considered. But I personally know that most of what passes thru VIRUS-L nowadays is of little interest to me because I rarely if ever work with pc's. I imagine there are others who are like me here too. Whaddya think? Instead of discussing it here, it might be better to perhaps have the comments sent to me (bacon@mtus5.bitnet) and I'll compile them. I'll leave that to Ken to decide. [Ed. Thanks for offering to compile the "votes", Jeff - I hope you're prepared for some more mail to wade through! :-) I've received lots of requests for, among other things, a Mac-only and a PC-only list. If the readers feel that it is time to split the already heavy traffic into separate groups, then it would seem (to me) to make sense to have a Net-only group. I also think that if such a split is desired, then we'd have to find a moderator/digestifier for each group, since I don't think that I'll have enough time to handle all three (or however many) groups. So, be careful what you ask for, you just may get it. Feedback, both positive and negative, is appreciated.] Jeffery Bacon Academic Computing Svcs, Michigan Technological University bitnet: uucp: !rutgers!umix!anet!bacos