Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:52:16 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On-access AV scanning Message-ID: <501280F0.8000508@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <20120727114729.GC4834@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <20120727104308.GA4834@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207271249160.20428@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120727110019.GB4834@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1207270715360.9614@nber9.nber.org> <20120727114729.GC4834@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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On 7/27/12 1:47 PM, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:19:45AM -0400, Daniel Feenberg wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Daniel Bye wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>>>> Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus >>>>> scanning on FreeBSD? >>>>> >>>> FreeBSD doesn't need this as there are no viruses on that system. >>> >>> Well, thanks. >>> >>>> >>>>> And yes, I know that neither FreeBSD nor Solaris are renowned for their >>>>> sickly vulnerability to viruses, but we operate in a mixed environment, with >>>>> a lot of Windows machines and ZFS file systems exported by SMB/CIFS, so we >>>>> need the AV to ensure any viruses are stopped before they infect a >>>>> susceptible machine. It seems a small price to pay to finally get a decent >>>>> workstation! >>>> No idea - YOU will not spread wiruses, and viruses from other >>>> winstations will not affect you. >>>> >>>> so just install antivirus software on winstations. >>>> >>>> Or finally educate users as it is really simple to avoid viruses >>>> even with windows >>> >>> I refer you to the part where I specifically talk about our corporate IT >>> policy. All desktops/workstations (that is, all of them, every single one), >>> must have AV software running on them. There will be no exceptions, on pain >> >> Well, there is AV software for FreeBSD - we use Kaspersky on our >> FreeBSD based mailserver, but the viruses it looks for are Windows >> viruses. I don't know if that will satisfy your IT policy. Maybe you >> should be looking at Cygwin? Or, can FreeBSD run under HyperV? > > Thanks, Daniel. I have looked at Kaspersky, and various others, but the main > sticking point, as I see it, is that there is no on-access scanning > capability in any of the AV packages available for FreeBSD. It's not > essential to build my case, but it would certainly strengthen it. I use > ClamAV on my home mail server, and it works well. I have also tested it out > on a desktop machine to run on-demand scans, and it works just fine, and > doesn't impose so much of a load as to be a nuisance. > > We have had a couple of virus outbreaks recently, so this is quite a high > profile concern around here at the moment. The CIO is from a technical > background, so I might well be able to convince him of FreeBSD's strengths > as a very secure system, but I will still need to accede to the IT policy, > sadly - no way around it. > > Dan > FUSE ClamFS But then, FUSE... ew...
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