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  • Subject: Re: viruses and the IFS & Merry Christmas
  • From: "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:36:03 -0800

At 09:55 AM 12/23/1999 -0600, you wrote:

Domino data is contained in the IFS.

You cannot change a object type on the system natively, which is how most 
viruses are introduced.

Al




>"Al Barsa, Jr." wrote:
>
> > IMHO, the AS/400 natively is virus proof.
>
>Al, I wonder if this is really still true. For example, wouldn't you
>consider Domino native since it runs in a subsystem?  Domino is
>certainly subject to virus attacks and could propagate viruses among
>users in the system.  I suspect that even the QSYS.LIB file system,
>while not subject to viruses itself, could suffer great damage at the
>hands of a virus in the other file systems.
>
>Happy Holidays to all....
>
>Ray
>
>
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