Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Corruption of files on server
From: Paul Krohn (krohn@examiner.com)
Date: Fri Dec 11 1998 - 18:48:41 EST
>This brings up an interesting point -- does it really matter if a netatalk
>server is infected with the AutoStart virus? My netatalk machine is an
>Intel box -- and thus can't run the Worm's code. If it can't run the Worm,
>it can't infect client Macs in this way.
well, i understand that all that is necessary for the autstart worms to
work is to be on a mac volume mounted on a mac - i've had worms spread
via netware and netatalk volumes on intel and sparc hardware,
respectively. in any case it's only few minutes' work that can save an
age of misery down the road.
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Paul Krohn
San Francisco Examiner Systems Department
110 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-777-7884
krohn@examiner.com - www.examiner.com
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