Yes you're right... As an aside, I just turned off the emanager component of Trend and this seems to have helped quite a bit with the CPU load. I'll do some monitoring next week to find out for sure...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 July 2003 16:09 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > Nope, wrong. Once again you're assuming that all your > desktops are happily protected and working fine, in fact that > every link in the chain is in place and secure. With viruses > you cannot ensure that. You have to attack viruses robustly > on ALL fronts, with as few assumptions as possible. > > The "it will be OK because or desktop PCs are protected" > approach is a recipe for disaster. > > Phil > > --------------------------------------------- > Phil Randal > Network Engineer > Herefordshire Council > Hereford, UK > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Atkinson, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 July 2003 15:50 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > Yes, I see your point, although I'd hope my desktop AV would > > catch this > > stuff before it reaches the exchange server. > > > > What I don't like is the burden of a realtime scan on > > exchange. Perhaps a > > combination of gateway scanning, nightly mailbox scans and > > realtime desktop > > AV would be sufficient. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jason Clishe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 04 July 2003 15:45 > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > Do you really think that the *ONLY* possible way a virus can > > > get into your Exchange environment is through your SMTP gateway? > > > > > > Let's say a user uses Outlook to POP an email from their > > > personal account into their Exchange mailbox, and that email > > > is infected. Or let's say that a user downloads a file from > > > the Internet that infects their Exchange mailbox. Now what? > > > Since you don't have any mailbox-level virus protection, you > > > have to sit there and watch this thing propagate to all your > > > users and infect all your mailboxes. > > > > > > But at least your gateway will clean it before it sends it > > > out to your customers. > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:bounce-exchange- > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Atkinson, Daniel > > > > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:22 AM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > why? > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Jason Clishe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: 04 July 2003 15:21 > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is absolutely essential that you have virus > > protection on your > > > > > Exchange servers, over and above whatever gateway virus > > > protection > > > > > you might be running. > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:bounce-exchange- > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Atkinson, Daniel > > > > > > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 9:56 AM > > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, the linux products do file blocking etc so I don't any > > > > > > difference, apart from freeing up tons of CPU cycles on the > > > > > exchange > > > > > > box and seeing less of that crappy 'retrieving data' > > dialog in > > > > > > outlook... > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Sent: 04 July 2003 14:19 > > > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm kind of in a similar position, I just can't help but > > > > > think that > > > > > > > whatever you have at the gateway there's a bit of added > > > > > reassurance > > > > > > > having something like Scanmail on the Exchange box, given > > > > > the file > > > > > > > blocking capabilities and all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Paul Hutchings > > > > > > > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. > > > > > > > Tel: 024 7635 5378, Fax: 024 7635 8378 > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original > > > > > > > Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Atkinson, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Sent: 04 July 2003 13:08 > > > > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > > > > Subject: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just wondering if anyone has a favourite AV scanner for > > > > > linux with > > > > > > > > postfix as the mta? our trend renewal is coming > > up and i'm > > > > > > > > thinking i'd like to remove the CPU burden of AV > > > scanning from > > > > > > > > the exchange box and put it on our > > > > > > > > linux relay which also does the spam filtering. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > dan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > List posting FAQ: > > > > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > > > > > Web > > > > > Interface: > > > > > > > > > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > > > > > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > > > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > List posting FAQ: > > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > > > > Web Interface: > > > > > > > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > > > > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > List posting FAQ: > > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > > > Web > > > Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi- > > > > > > bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > > > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > List posting FAQ: > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > > Web Interface: > > > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > List posting FAQ: > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > Web > Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi- > > > > bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Web Interface: > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
