Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:03:08 -0500 From: Matthew Cashdollar <mattc@rfcnet.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9p_=3A_Virus_checking_e-mail_attachments?= Message-ID: <19980408090308.47020@rfcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <H000057c014d99c4@MHS>; from THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr on Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 06:08:36PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407160644.12572Q-100000@ns0.fast.net.uk> <H000057c014d99c4@MHS>
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On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 06:08:36PM +0200, THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr wrote:
> hello
>
> If I remember correctly, there was such an extension for the
> Firewall-1 product from Checkpoint (ckeck it on www.checkpoint.com)
The NT version of this product is very slow and somewhat unstable-- I would
recommend avoiding it at all costs :) There is a Solaris version which is supposed
to be better but that is probably only because the Sparc is faster. Also, it is
commercialware.
>
> There has been recently (I can't find the refernce now) a merger
> beetween a firewall company and a virus checking company ("total
> security solutions")
>
> All depends on the quality of the virus database (and the marketing
> hype to sell it)
>
You might be able to do something with VirusScan (/usr/ports/security/vscan).. get
sendmail to invoke it on incoming messages or something like that. VirusScan scans
for most DOS/Windows viruses.
--
Matthew Cashdollar <mattc@rfcnet.com> /|\
RF Communications, Inc. -- http://www.rfcinc.com
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