Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:43:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <jeff@stat.uconn.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Virus Checking Software. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960317214108.454E-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9603180327.AA29525@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu>
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On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote: > I was wondering if anybody knew of some free software available on the internet > concerning system security including virus checkers for FreeBSD. Forgive the low knowedge level I have on this subject I didn't think Unix systems GOT viruses. They get l-users, but not viruses. > I recall > reading something about a sys admin tool called lucifer or something like that > that would check for security problems on a system. There is a piece of software called SATAN that performs that operation. > Does that software also > check for viruses? I would be interested in both functionalities although > security checks and virus checks do not have to be on the same softare for > me. Again, forgive my ignorance, but I don't think Unix systems get viruses. They get crackers and spiders and generally annoying people, though, and I guess you could consider them viruses :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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