Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Can a NeXT catch a *virus* or cold or..? Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 91 05:03:24 GMT References: <618@tansei1.tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 25 john@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu (John R. Schutz) writes: >You probably won't find any kind of virus documentation from any computer >vendor. It doesn't really inspire a person's trust, ya know? In HP's LaserRom-UX software (virtually all their manuals on CDROM with a tty or Motif frontend), a search for "virus" came back with a few hits, including a very good step-by-step discussion of how to handle security breaches. I searched for "virus" in Digital Librarian, and got three hits. NextAnswers.390, NextAdmin chapter 16 Security, and X tutorials bugtalk. None of them deal very well with viruses per se, but the security chapter is pretty good. The other day I installed Sun's "AnswerBook" software (again, like Digital Librarian on CDROM). I did a search for "dead computer" and some of the topics returned were computer virus and computer worm. I didn't check to see what they had to say, though. It isn't as bad as you suggest. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.