Re: Virus protection

2003-10-11 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 10:52 10/9/2003, you wrote: On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:59:30AM -0400, Michael Gargiullo wrote: > > > To add fuel to Christians fire. When Melissa came out, everything on a > samba share got hosed as well. Samba is a bastard protocol only necessary on mixed networks and only due to MS's dominanc

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:43:00AM -0400, Christian Campbell wrote: > > > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > > > MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party > > > software to "eliminate" the virus

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 03:29:16PM -0500, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > My argument wasn't the method of propagation or the difference between a > virus and a worm. My response was to his assertion that you didn't need > "virus" protection on a linux machine. You

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 01:11:27PM -0700, Richard Crawford wrote: > > I've missed most of this thread, but it seemed to me that the point is > that viruses don't spread on Linux via e-mail/attachments, the way that, > say, Klez or Blaster do. The mechanism of Slapper's spread (and the very > few

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 03:03:41PM -0500, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > it?). > > Wow, Hal, guess've just slept the last year or so. Ever heard of Slapper? > At one point it had infected at least 13,000 distinct machines: > > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-27.html $ dog http://www.cert.o

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
promise!"). :) > > Having said that, it's a good idea to have at least *some* degree of virus > protection on your *nix system. Most infections have to be cleaned out by > hand, but if you run a mail server (or even a little mailhost in your > house like I do), it can be

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Richard Crawford
unless it's supported by a heavy dose of social engineering ("I promise, when you save this attachment and change its permissions to executable and log in a root and run this program, it'll be really really cool! I promise!"). :) Having said that, it's a good idea to have

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 10:57:47AM -0500, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > > > Notice the word "Unix" above... > > ... find me someone -- anyone -- who has had a system infected > via email+attached virus on a *nix system. A live person please, and > not theories or reports from vendors with vested

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
> via email+attached virus on a *nix system. A live person please, and > not theories or reports from vendors with vested interests protecting > an entire industry built around really shoddily designed software. > Over and above that, I don't beleive the inherent MS design flaw of > auto-executing

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:59:30AM -0400, Michael Gargiullo wrote: > > > To add fuel to Christians fire. When Melissa came out, everything on a > samba share got hosed as well. Samba is a bastard protocol only necessary on mixed networks and only due to MS's dominance, and anyone who can, is bet

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 10:57:47AM -0500, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > Notice the word "Unix" above... ... find me someone -- anyone -- who has had a system infected via email+attached virus on a *nix system. A live person please, and not theories or reports from vendors with vested interests pr

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread System Administrator
On Thursday 09 October 2003 11:27, Hal Burgiss wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 10:55:53AM -0400, rbragg wrote: > > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > > MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party > > software

RE: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Michael Gargiullo
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 11:43, Christian Campbell wrote: > > > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > > > MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party > > > software to "eliminate" the viruses. Anybody kn

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Eucke Warren
- Original Message - From: "rbragg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:55 AM Subject: Virus protection > Hi, > > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > MailScanner-4.23-1

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
> > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > > MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party > > software to "eliminate" the viruses. Anybody know of others? > > Linux does not need virus protection,

RE: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Christian Campbell
> > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > > MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party > > software to "eliminate" the viruses. Anybody know of others? > > Linux does not need virus protection,

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 10:55:53AM -0400, rbragg wrote: > > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party > software to "eliminate" the viruses. Anybody know of others?

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread rh
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, rbragg wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw > MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party > software to "eliminate" the viruses. Anybody know of oth

Re: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Bill Tangren
rbragg wrote: Hi, I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party software to "eliminate" the viruses. Anybody know of others? Thanks rick There is quite a bit about this in the a

RE: Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread Jason Staudenmayer
Just plug-in clamav -Original Message- From: rbragg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Virus protection Hi, I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams th

Virus protection

2003-10-09 Thread rbragg
Hi, I'm looking around for open source virus protection software, I saw MailScanner-4.23-11 but it seams that it needs additional 3rd party software to "eliminate" the viruses. Anybody know of others? Thanks rick -- Rick Bragg Green Mountain Network http://www.gmnet.net -- redh

Re: Virus protection again.

2002-09-05 Thread Kevin Myers
t;I know that there are products out there that I can use to protect the >server and one or two email accounts but I am using my mail server to >serve 2000 customers. I need virus protection that will protect all of >them incoming and outgoing. > >Any good suggestions.?? >

Re: Virus protection again.

2002-08-29 Thread juaid
From: "Francisco Neira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I use the same combo with >400 accounts on a small server and works like a breeze. me too, Postfix + Amavisd, but with Mc Affee's uvscan as antivirus and at my prevoius job the mail server run the same with > 1500 accounts regards, juan -- r

Re: Virus protection again.

2002-08-29 Thread Francisco Neira
ramakrishna wrote: > hi, > > * Scott Skrogstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>I know that there are products out there that I can use to protect the >>server and one or two email accounts but I am using my mail server to >>serve 2000 customers. I need virus pr

Re: Virus protection again.

2002-08-29 Thread ramakrishna
hi, * Scott Skrogstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I know that there are products out there that I can use to protect the > server and one or two email accounts but I am using my mail server to > serve 2000 customers. I need virus protection that will protect all of > them

Re: Virus protection again.

2002-08-28 Thread juaid
From: "Scott Skrogstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I know that there are products out there that I can use to protect the > server and one or two email accounts but I am using my mail server to > serve 2000 customers. I need virus protection that will protect all of >

Virus protection again.

2002-08-28 Thread Scott Skrogstad
I know that there are products out there that I can use to protect the server and one or two email accounts but I am using my mail server to serve 2000 customers. I need virus protection that will protect all of them incoming and outgoing. Any good suggestions.?? -- Scott Skrogstad

Re: What are you doing for virus protection

2002-05-21 Thread Alan Peery
Scott Skrogstad wrote: >I run a small ISP and of course my customers have asked me to put up some >virus protection on my server. I was just trying to get some info from >the list what everyone is using. I am not a linux guru so something RPM >would be nice and that has reg

Re: What are you doing for virus protection

2002-05-16 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:18:07AM -0500, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > I should be a little clearer on what I am trying to protect. I am really > trying to protect the incoming and out going email of my users. Not so > much the Linux box it self. MailScanner has worked well for me. I've also con

RE: What are you doing for virus protection

2002-05-16 Thread Duncan Hill
On Thu, 16 May 2002, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > I should be a little clearer on what I am trying to protect. I am really > trying to protect the incoming and out going email of my users. Not so > much the Linux box it self. I've used InoculateIT in the past, works well. But it depends on the

RE: What are you doing for virus protection

2002-05-16 Thread Scott Skrogstad
; So, OMHO, > bbsc, > ism > > -Message d'origine- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Scott Skrogstad > Envoye : jeudi 16 mai 2002 14:40 > A : Red Hat Mailing list > Objet : What are you doing for virus protection > > > I run

RE: What are you doing for virus protection

2002-05-16 Thread Ismael Touama
ine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Scott Skrogstad Envoye : jeudi 16 mai 2002 14:40 A : Red Hat Mailing list Objet : What are you doing for virus protection I run a small ISP and of course my customers have asked me to put up some virus protection on my server.

What are you doing for virus protection

2002-05-16 Thread Scott Skrogstad
I run a small ISP and of course my customers have asked me to put up some virus protection on my server. I was just trying to get some info from the list what everyone is using. I am not a linux guru so something RPM would be nice and that has regular updates. -- Scott Skrogstad Computer

Re: Server Virus Protection

2001-03-07 Thread Enrico Payne
and far between though, so I run both Mcafee and the HBEDV offering. Regards Enrico - Original Message - From: "Jeff Graves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 5:16 PM Subject: Server Virus Protection &g

Re: Server Virus Protection

2001-03-07 Thread eric clover
http://www.hbedv.com/ eric - Original Message - Hey list, I was wondering if there is any software (preferably free) that you can run on a linux server (our mail server actually) that can detect and remove Windows-based virii before a user checks their mail? I have to believe that some

Server Virus Protection

2001-03-07 Thread Jeff Graves
Hey list, I was wondering if there is any software (preferably free) that you can run on a linux server (our mail server actually) that can detect and remove Windows-based virii before a user checks their mail? I have to believe that some company has something like that by now. Thanks, J