From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 8 02:08:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA25212 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 02:08:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ultra.ultra.net.au (avatar@ultra.ultra.net.au [203.20.237.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA25207 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 02:08:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from avatar@ultra.ultra.net.au) Received: from localhost (avatar@localhost) by ultra.ultra.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA11034; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 19:13:32 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 19:13:32 +1000 (EST) From: Karl Hanmore To: Jay Tribick cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virus checking e-mail attachments In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Jay, Correction forthcomming :) Try mimencode, you will have to hunt for it probably, we have it on our BSDi system here, but I suspect it was sourced from archie or FreeBSD :) Regards, Karl ********************************************************** * Karl Hanmore * #include * * avatar@ultra.net.au * * ********************************************************** * Insanity is a perfectly rational adaptation to an * * insane world. * ********************************************************** On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Jay Tribick wrote: > > | > There seems to be a lot of products available for Windoze NT etc. that > | > run on a mail server and scan e-mails (or their attachments) for > | > viruses. > | > > | > Is their anything available for FreeBSD that does this (or any > | > other flavour of UN*X) ? > | > > | > What I'm looking for is something that, if it detects a virus can > | > encapsulate an e-mail and warn the user that they should check it. > | > | McAffee has a version of VirusScan for Linux and Solaris.. If you wrote a > | script to take each mail spool file and unencode the attachments, you > | could scan them. Unfortunately, you can't just scan the spool itself, > | you have to scan the binary itself. It just uses the same virus files > | that the PC version have, so it will only protect you from PC viruses. > > Trouble is, a lot of people send attachments mime encoded and theres > no simple way to decode it (correct me if i'm wrong..) > > I know the package your talking about and I have actually used it > on another machine but I was looking more for a dedicated solution - > writing my own isn't a problem, it's just a pain in the ass and I'd > prefer to just buy a dedicated solution. > > | Food for thought.. > > Yummy.. ;) > > Jay Tribick | Network Administrator > FastNet International Ltd | http://www.fastnet.co.uk/ > PGP Key Available | Finger netadmin@fastnet.co.uk > : > Tel: +44 (0)1273 677633 . Fax: +44 (0)1273 621631 > FastNet International Ltd - The User-Friendly Internet Provider > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message