From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 8 07:03:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA06094 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 07:03:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rfcnet.com (mattc@[207.227.20.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA06082 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 07:03:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mattc@rfcnet.com) Received: (from mattc@localhost) by rfcnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA23949; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:03:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mattc) Message-ID: <19980408090308.47020@rfcnet.com> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:03:08 -0500 From: Matthew Cashdollar To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9p_=3A_Virus_checking_e-mail_attachments?= References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr on Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 06:08:36PM +0200 x-no-archive: yes Organization: RF Communications, Inc. http://www.rfcinc.com Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 /|\ RF Communications, Inc. -- http://www.rfcinc.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message