[IP] more on Caution suggested during NSF "virus scans"
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From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:52:40 -0500
To: George Sadowsky <George.Sadowsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] Caution suggested during NSF "virus scans"
On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 01:32:40PM -0500, David Farber quoted:
> The National Science Foundation now has a policy that if you visit
> their building in Ballston and if you have a laptop with you, you
> must have it "scanned for viruses" even if you don't plan to open it
> up.
Amazing. Simply amazing.
What if it's running an operating system for which there are no known
viruses? For example, how would they scan my SparcBook running OpenBSD?
And why?
[ ObPeeve: AOL commercials warning of "computer viruses". A far more
correct term is "Microsoft viruses". ]
---Rsk
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