Claude, I have enjoyed good results running (I assume you mean Trend's InterScan) VirusWall on a redundant pair of Linux bastion hosts that also do some IDS and VPN services as well as secondary firewalling (behind packet filtering bridges). I see no need for a dedicated scanning box at our email volume (a couple thousand messages a day). I do find it necessary to run it in a "sandwiched" configuration in conjunction with Sendmail daemons to take advantage of Sendmail features like ant-spam, anti-relay, RBL, etc. Of course gateway scanning does nothing to address common MTA misconfiguration issues, and virus outbreaks tend to move faster that signature updates, but we are not bothered by reoccurring trash like Hybris, SirCam and the ilk. YMMV. Gateway scanning alone will not help if a user is getting mail from an outside POP server. For that and other reasons I don't believe it to be a replacement for desktop scanners and therefore not an answer to your desktop update "nightmares". I wouldn't think that a thin client environment would present an obstacle to automated signature updates. Do you keep your pattern files in flash rather than on a centralized network resource? Perhaps I don't understand that aspect of your problem/question? That's a question better addressed on a virus list anyway ;-) I would like to think that gateway scanning (ingress AND egress) is a common practice these days, at least for us corporate folks? Hope that helps Tim Pierce
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Claude Christophi Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 8:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VirusWall Hi, Does anyone use successfully a VirusWall on a dedicated box? Which could be: - a dedicated box only for AntiVirus active filtering - a dedicated box for FireWall and for AntiVirus active filtering If Yes, which one and why ? I am searching for such a box, to avoid the nightmare problem antivirus update on the Desktop ... (I am using ThinClients so no Floppy or CD-Rom ;-) TIA [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
