Re: Cookies in Linux ? Anti-virus ? Firewall ?

From: Mike Kent (mkent_at_acm.org)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 12:20:53 -0400

illecebra wrote:

> The only reason to run an antivirus on Linux is if you are running a
> mail server for use by Windoze machines. (That way you can scan email
> for virii before it reaches vulnerable Windows machines.)

Or anything else that makes files available to Windows. Samba, running
Windows software under Wine or dual-boot ...

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