Re: Kaspersky strikes again

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On Dec 21, 2007 7:16 PM, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Larry Seltzer wrote:
>
> > Even so, there would be so much less testing to do, wouldn't there?
> > After all, on an appliance users can't just arbitrarily install
> > applications (not and expect support).
>
> A signature system uses a single common database across all its
> incarnations. If you leave out some sigs on gateway appliances, users will
> scream when they find out. So, the testing of the database is common
> across all platforms.
>
> Would you be willing to have a gateway that, by design, allows Huhk-C
> to get through?

How tough is it for a large company to have 50 or so "clean"
workstations, packed with applications

-JP
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