Subj : Re: Ddge 3.99/SR9/SR16 released and avai
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Thu Dec 14 2017 06:52 am


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NB> Hello mark,
 
NB> On Tue Dec 12 2017 21:54:10, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:
 
NB>ml> honest question: if the files are scanned at the initial
NB> distribution
NB>ml> point, why do they need to be scanned again at every intermediate
NB>ml> point? do you trust all of them? do you trust all of their chosen
NB>ml> scanners? some choose to validate against virustotal but it is well
NB>ml> known that virustotal doesn't use the newest or even all of the
NB>ml> detection capabilities that are offered by the scanners the scan
NB>ml> against...
 
NB> And an honest answer in question form: How do you know every intermediate
NB> point is clean and clear of virus injection of any kind?
 
Trust that not everyone is as diligent as the most diligent person in Fidonet.
 
NB> Some people have absolutely no clue what they're doing, let alone know
NB> that their system has ringworm. I'd rather do it myself and be sure I'm
NB> not *that* idiot passing on infected files to others, thank you very
NB> much!
 
Nat.
 
....One man with courage is a majority.
Thomas Jefferson
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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