On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus > >scanning on FreeBSD? > > > FreeBSD doesn't need this as there are no viruses on that system.
Well, thanks. > > >And yes, I know that neither FreeBSD nor Solaris are renowned for their > >sickly vulnerability to viruses, but we operate in a mixed environment, with > >a lot of Windows machines and ZFS file systems exported by SMB/CIFS, so we > >need the AV to ensure any viruses are stopped before they infect a > >susceptible machine. It seems a small price to pay to finally get a decent > >workstation! > No idea - YOU will not spread wiruses, and viruses from other > winstations will not affect you. > > so just install antivirus software on winstations. > > Or finally educate users as it is really simple to avoid viruses > even with windows I refer you to the part where I specifically talk about our corporate IT policy. All desktops/workstations (that is, all of them, every single one), must have AV software running on them. There will be no exceptions, on pain of dismissal. I don't want to lose my job, because you said I didn't need AV software. -- Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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