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From: dhw@itivax.iti.org (David H. West)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Withdrawal symptoms...
Message-ID: <4913@itivax.iti.org>
Date: 7 Feb 90 21:24:12 GMT
References: <1502@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Reply-To: dhw@itivax.UUCP (David H. West)
Organization: Industrial Technology Institute
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In article <1502@krafla.rhi.hi.is> frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) writes:
>     3) Possible virus transmissions. It would be very easy for a virus
>        author to distribute a new virus all over the world if the group
>        was not moderated.

Clearly, one service we can expect (demand?) from a moderator is to scan
submitted binaries for KNOWN viruses, but I can't see how, in a
reasonable amount of time, a moderator could be sure that a submitted 
binary didn't contain a NEW virus.

-David West      dhw@iti.org