Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 20:39:38 -0400 From: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> To: Jerry Murdock <jerry_murdock@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anti-virus section for FAQ Message-ID: <4A393ABF-C1FA-11D6-9989-000393A335A2@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020906223033.69179.qmail@web14601.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 06:30 PM, Jerry Murdock wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lawrence Sica" <lomifeh@earthlink.net> > To: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> > Cc: <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:23 PM > Subject: Fwd: Anti-virus section for FAQ > >> Oops, helps if I post the url eh ;) >> >> http://www.thesicafamily.org/larry/articles/avfaq.html >> >> Sorry about that. >> > > I'd add a disclaimer to check licensing on the scanners. Some are > free for > personal use, none are free for commercial use. Some like McAfee will > require > a license for each mailbox, others are per-server, others per-domain. > > F-Prot (www.f-prot.com) certainly needs to be mentioned. It's better > than most, > is free for personal use, and has reasonable "per server" pricing for > commercial use. > I thought I had this in there, must have fallen off my list. Thanks. > Trend VirusWall (www.antivirus.com) should be mentioned under both > http and > mail scanner sections. It's linux, but is rock solid under FBSD > emulation. > It's only really viable http option IMO. > Ok, good to know > http://www.pcxperience.org/dgvirus/ should probably be mentioned under > the http > section. It's a dansguardian customization that is the most promising > open > source http scanner I've seen. Still young though, and I haven't > tested on > freebsd. > > http://viralator.loddington.com/ probably needs a mention under http > section as > well. > > http://www.openantivirus.org needs mentioning in all sections. > Nothing there > is production quality IMO, but the exposure can only help. > I'll check these out. thanks. --Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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