The head of the Internet Society of Hong Kong has warned local businesses of possible local computer virus outbreaks due to the difficulty/inability to retrieve security updates and updated virus definitions from abroad.

The chairman of the Internet Society of Hong Kong, Charles Mok, urged computer users to update their software and hoped the government would try to get overseas security software companies to set up servers here.

Actually ClamAV does have mirrors in Hong Kong. And there is a built in check by the clients to ensure that the mirrors are receiving updates. As important as this issue ...

So over the last few months I've been reviewing and updating various aspects of the server software installed locally. An important part of that server software revolves around email. The primary email MTA used at the-eleven.com is the venerable sendmail. At this point there are other MTAs like Postfix, but for my uses I've seen no need to move away from sendmail.

I've been using the sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org DNS Blackhole List to deny incoming mail from well-known Spam IPs and eXploit IPs. This blocks a substantial portion of the spam that I'd receive, as ...