Identify the Linux "desktop-side" virus scanner, and if it is designed well there will be no problem "integrating it" with Evo.
Cheers, Lloyd On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:50, Greg Macek wrote: > I think while everybody makes true statements that Linux is not > susceptible to most or all the viruses out there, but the fact remains > that we could be recipients of annoying emails with windows virus > attachments in them. Having a anti-virus filter tied with Evo (for those > who don't have it on their mail server) would be nice to have, so we > wouldn't have to go through all those useless messages. > > Thankfully, we'll be implementing the anti-virus scanning on our office > mail server soon. This last wave has finally moved the project up on the > priority list. :) > > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 16:59, Andre Truter wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 18:38, Fred Blaise wrote: > > > Linux not vulnerable to viruses... well this is new to me... > > > > This is an academic statement. > > Yes, it is possible to write a virus for Linux and Unix, but there are a > > few things that make them less of a threat. > > > > There have been a few concept virii written for Linux, to prove a point > > and there is even a Linux-virus HOWTO > > (http://www.lwfug.org/~abartoli/virus-writing-HOWTO/_html). > > > > The thing is that on Linux the probability that you will get infected by > > a virus through mail is very slim. You will basically have to install > > the virus yourself on your system. > > > > Files are normally not executable in Linux. You have to make it > > executable and run it before it can do anything and then it will only > > affect your user account, not the system. > > Linux mail clients normally will not execute any attachments. > > > > You have a better change of being hit by a cracker that exploit some > > vulnerability on your system and gain access to your machine and install > > some worm or something on your machine, than getting a virus via e-mail. > > > > You should rather think of getting a firewall set up. > > > > > Let's say that virus makers target what's easier... > > > > > Yes, writing a virus for Windows is *much* easier than Linux, because > > Linux does not cater for the environment that is needed by a virus to > > work. > > > > There have even been challenges with prize money to infect a Linux box > > with a virus and so far nobody had any success. > > http://www.roaringpenguin.com/mimedefang/anti-virus.php3 > > http://www.silicon.com/news/500013/1/1028211.html -- Lloyd D Budd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
