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Re: Anti Virus on Linux?
From: Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure () earthlink net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:20:37 -0600
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:57:02PM -0500, Paul Greene wrote:
I would also disagree that there's no point in scanning outgoing mail. Aren't there laptop users that bring their laptops in from the outside, and have had opportunities to bring in viruses that haven't gone through the corporate firewalls and e-mail servers? pg Sean T. Ballard wrote:
It's also true that some of the customers use outside email accounts like hotmail and such, which is another hole. Now let me be more specific. It was fairly simple for me to wire it into the incoming side, but for the outgoing side, it would have required rebuilding sendmail so I could wire in the Milter interface, and then hook the stuff in there. But the proof is in the pudding. Out of a customer base of 850 or so, we used to get two or three victims a week. With the incoming filter in place for the last six months or so, only one customer has gotten infected. The cost-to-benefit ratio looks pretty good to me. Cheers, -- Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc. robertmcclure () earthlink net http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/ Peace at any price is inflationary. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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- Anti Virus on Linux? Bob McDowell (Jan 27)
- Re: Anti Virus on Linux? Bob McClure Jr (Jan 27)
- Re: Anti Virus on Linux? Matt Kettler (Jan 27)
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- RE: Anti Virus on Linux? Darden, Patrick S. (Jan 27)
- Re: Anti Virus on Linux? Michael Anderson (Jan 29)
- RE: Anti Virus on Linux? Slighter, Tim (Jan 27)
- RE: Anti Virus on Linux? Schmehl, Paul L (Jan 27)
- RE: Anti Virus on Linux? Sean T. Ballard (Jan 27)
- Re: Anti Virus on Linux? Paul Greene (Jan 27)
- Re: Anti Virus on Linux? Bob McClure Jr (Jan 27)
- Re: Anti Virus on Linux? twig les (Jan 27)
- Re: [OT] Anti Virus on Linux? Matt Kettler (Jan 27)
- Re: Anti Virus on Linux? Paul Greene (Jan 27)
- RE: Anti Virus on Linux? Gordon Cunningham (Jan 27)