Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: kelly@uts.amdahl.com (Kelly Goen) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: new network-virus group? Message-ID: <0012.8907241308.AA00452@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 24 Jul 89 00:10:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 19 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...) [...] > 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? Actually given RPC's(Remote Procedure calls) and other given holes in present lan systems they are as vunerable as any non-protected system nowadays!! My vote would have to be yes lets cover these issues also I just hope the vendors are listening!! cheers kelly