G+_Ben Yanke Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Not sure how I feel about this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 For one, I use Ubuntu as my daily driver...?though I'm sure they have some sort of support for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Yuck. I wonder how their registration process works, how they tell what device you're using, and what AV software you have installed... User agent from a browser then tied to MAC ID, perhaps? If that's the case, I'd just use FF or Chrome and spoof the user agent to iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Doug Wagner Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Any protection is better than none at all. Be happy they're not requiring AV off an approved list.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Doug Wagner Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Ben Yanke? Linux can get viruses too. This isn't the 90's anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Does this mean I wont be getting emails from Apple (lpdmpdfm@smtpext1.wittenberg.edu) telling me I have made a $200 purchase on iTunes and to follow their link to login and report that I wasn't the one making the purchase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 or at least it wont be from a uww.edu address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Doug Wagner?, yes you can get viruses, but there has been flaw after flaw with many AV programs. Most of them only increase your attack surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Evading AV is TRIVIAL Its near pointless. And Macs don't get infected LOL, I also have a lower East River crossing for sale, cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 The only virus/maleware I ever got in 30+ years was on linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ryan Standeven Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I didn't look at the list... Is the standard windows defender stuff on there and acceptable? Either way, I wonder how they plan on enforcing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ryan Standeven Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Eddie Foy wow. What did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 If it's just a simple Mac registration, I'll just register from a windows VM and then blow it away once registered. If there's something more ongoing, we'll have to see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Ryan Standeven Here's the list so you don't have to type it. http://www.uww.edu/icit/services/antivirus No, Windows Defender is not listed even though "experts" recommend that over any 3rd party option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cody Kochmann Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Doug Wagner - true Linux can get viruses as well, it's just that there are plenty of highly rated open source antivirus projects for Linux that they should be advising in this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Beavers Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 It was that way 8 years ago when my kids went to college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Marsh Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hey Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ it would be interesting to hear what you and Brian Chee have to say about this. I'd recommend running antimalware, but I'd rather live on an open network without wireless isolation than install Symantec or McAfee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 I'd also love to hear Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ 's opinion on this, perhaps even as a TWIET topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 UPDATE: I noticed AVAST is on the list (second from the top), one of the AV programs that had a cert leak. Is that as bad as I think it is? Does the standard AVAST allow such an easy man in the middle? If so, I might take this up the ranks at school... I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill because I misunderstand things, but it seems pretty bad to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I'm sure you could find articles from Krebs or other trusted security researchers to share with higher-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 On the other hand, every security admin knows the quarterly password change gives a false sense of security, yet most push it anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 lol, we do that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cody Kochmann Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Ben Yanke Avast was covered in security now. Steve Gibsons basic response to the story was that antiviruses shouldn't be valued so highly. They're better to have than not have, but any new piece of code can get by them with how almost all of them currently work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 UPDATE: I wasn't able to connect, as they were requiring users to install a Cisco EXE to log on (I use ubuntu), but after speaking to a high level campus net engineer, he was able to whitelist my mac address for access, not requiring any installs, certificates or AV. Mission accomplished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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