Re: Antivirus Software Solutions?

[Michael Gale <michael () bluesuperman com>]

Hello,

        I have never heard of Astaro -- what type of firewall does it provide ?
how does it filter http , POP and smtp ?

For desktop A/V Etrust has a nice product.

For mail -- if you want a commercial product ( some companies require
this because then they have "vendor support" -- like a fall guy) I
suggest the mxtreme (www.mxtreme.com). It is a mail gateway with A/V
using Kapersky with a secure OWA proxy. I believe it is the industry
leading standard in anti-spam.

If you do not need a commercial product look at Astaro ... and I would
check out http://lawmonkey.org/anti-spam.html - it has a nice anti-spam
howto right from OS install to the spam features.

I would keep the mail server separate from the firewall box .. the
firewall box should only be used as a firewall. I have had a great deal
of experience with secure mail servers and anti-spam. The anti-spam box
/ mail gateway definitly needs it's own box.

Also I heard the http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/ is a nice solution. I
have not used it my self.

Michael.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 16:54:47 -0600
William Warren <hescominsoon () trifles com> wrote:

> I am evaluating Astaro Security Linux:  It is a firewall, http proxy
> and virus gateway(for both pop3 and smtp and uses the kapersky
> anti-virus engine that can be set to auto-update hourly if you
> wish)...also it can filter suspicious attachments by file extension<s>
> you specify.  So far i have found it to be quite well rounded and with
> the a/v and a strict attachment policy( anything executable under
> windows is automatically deleted before it gets to the a/v engine) i
> have so far has maybe 10 attachments that the a/v engine had to
> quarantine due to infection..i have yet to have anything get past the
> combined attachment a/v combination to the desktops...:)
>
> You can download your 30 day unlimited functionality demo at
> astaro.com..:)
>
> William
>
> Nick Price wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for two pieces of Antivirus software. The first I would 
> > like to filter viruses at the NAT/Gateway itself.  The platform
> > should be either Linux, BSD, Solaris, or NT.  I'm also looking for
> > Antivirus software to use on each of our workstations.  We've been
> > using Norton, but I'd like to know what the "experts" here suggest.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Nick
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