Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:39:12 -0600 From: Greg Skafte <skafte@worldgate.com> To: Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virus checking e-mail attachments Message-ID: <19980409203912.60474@worldgate.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408095627.12572g-100000@ns0.fast.net.uk>; from Jay Tribick on Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 09:56:39AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408095627.12572g-100000@ns0.fast.net.uk>
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Quoting Jay Tribick (netadmin@fastnet.co.uk) On Subject: Re: Virus checking e-mail attachments Date: Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 09:56:39AM +0100 > > | > 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..) exactly ... for guys using the symantic anti-virus email gateway the machine decodes each mime attachment and scans it .... then decides what to do with the message .... unfortunately this is a winbloze product .... > > 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 <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk> | 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 -- Email: skafte@worldgate.com Voice: +403 413 1910 Fax: +403 421 4929 #575 Sun Life Place * 10123 99 Street * Edmonton, AB * Canada * T5J 3H1 -- -- When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the simplest thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex. (Janet Morris) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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