Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 19:27:33 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: flashlight@swn.de (Barry Grotjahn) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: are the virus-apps (scanners) available ? Message-ID: <199807292327.TAA00402@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <35BF5275.61C90C21@swn.de> from Barry Grotjahn at "Jul 29, 98 05:48:53 pm"
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Barry Grotjahn wrote: > Where can I find good antivirus-apps for FreeBSD ? > > Barry There are some Unix virus scanners, but: a) Unix is not susceptible directly. b) Boot sector or Win viruses can ruin even a Unix partition c) There is a bonafide use for scanners. The use for c) is to scan DOS/Win files that are being served via samba to DOS/Win clients. If there's one for FreeBSD, I don't know of it, though. Given the prevalence of samba servers, some commercial wares sellers are missing some sales. If you would like a pgm form FreeBSD that will detect "infection" (by a virus or otherwise) of critical system files (or anything else, actually), look into tripwire, for which there is, IIRC, a port and/or package. Unix security usually moves in directions different than the "virus"; our problems are as serious, but involve other considerations. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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