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From: webber@constance.rutgers.edu (Bob Webber)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: viruses and binary moderation? (was: Re: Moderating comp.sources.amiga
Message-ID: <Jun.4.15.22.11.1988.1396@constance.rutgers.edu>
Date: 4 Jun 88 19:22:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: constanc.Jun.4.15.22.11.1988.1396
References: <2065@sugar.UUCP> <6166@cup.portal.com> <7377@swan.ulowell.edu>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <7377@swan.ulowell.edu>, page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
> ...
> On the other hand, the binaries group should be heavily moderated,
> like it is now, to guard against viruses, etc.

Actually there is nothing the binary moderators can do to see if a
piece of software is virus'd unless it is just a replay of one of
the ``known'' viruses.  Much more likely is that someone will send a
virused piece of software into a moderator that will spread faster
because of people ``trusting'' the binary moderators.


------ BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)