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
