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Re: virus-scanners for mail servers




.. One more remark...

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Jonathan Ben-Avraham wrote:
> > modern policy-managed AV on top of an SMTP proxy.
>
> No, on top of Exchange.

No, actually I was explicitly talking about the SMTP linux version (that
fits as either a linux appliance running qmail and us or as a simple smtp
proxy with an AV on top someplace in the SMTP chain between the world and
your mail server). NOT the exchange version that talks MAPI. The reason I
mentioned the exchange version is because they share the same engine, and
it got some attention from the global community lately.

.. And it's still in Alpha/Beta :-(( ... I checked. So it's not really a
valid option yet.

Cheers :-)

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On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Jonathan Ben-Avraham wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Miki Shapiro wrote:
> 
> > I strongly suggest you take a look at our eSafe Mail product.
> > I don't remember if it was released for linux already - either that or
> 
> I strongly suggest that you don't advertise on our list.
> 
> What's the point of posting to this list if you don't know if it's
> available on Linux?
> 
> > it's around the late beta stage). The Exchange version just took
> > PCMag's Ed's choice this year. 
> 
> Who on this list cares about the Exchange version?
> 
> > 
> > Basically, it's precisely what you need (if I understood correctly) - a
> 
> Except that it's not available on Linux, which is precisely what he needs.
> 
> > modern policy-managed AV on top of an SMTP proxy. 
> 
> No, on top of Exchange.
> Regards,
> 
>  - yba
> 
> > 
> > Oh yeah, and it's totzeret haaretz :-)
> > 
> > Check out our site - www.esafe.com
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
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> > "If at first you don't succeed...
> > .. Skydiving is probbably not for you."
> > 
> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all
> > > 
> > > Due to company policy, I need to install a virus scanner on a linux mail
> > > server. I would like to ask for recommendations.
> > > 
> > > The organization generally works with Symantec (Norton), however, it seems
> > > that symantec is the only major vendor which does not have a virus scanner
> > > for linux, and thus I'm forced to look elsewhere.
> > > 
> > > I'm generally not impressed by the promissed of AV vendors to "catch 100%
> > > of 100 virii". Igenerally wouldn't trust an virus-scanner as a replacement
> > > for basic security (e.g.: don't run untrusted programs). However the sad
> > > fact is that many users do. So I'm not looking for "the most
> > > sophisticated" virus scanner.
> > > 
> > > It seems that almost all the information that can be found on the vendor
> > > is only regarding that last point. I'm interested to know some other
> > > things:
> > > 
> > > * Is there any of them that is "supported" in Israel to some extent?
> > >   Although I believe that I this is not so important.
> > > 
> > > * Performance. My server has other things to do besides running a virus
> > >   scanner. I currently run the mail server on a Celeron/400/128MB, that is
> > >   mostly busy with mail handling (including pop3 serivng) for 50-100
> > >   clients. Around 500 messages per day.
> > > 
> > >   I may also want to use a smaller computer as a mail gateway.
> > > 
> > > * "Ease of usse": Any of them doesn't work well with, say, amavis? Any
> > >   special quirks?
> > > 
> > > * The price should also be factored in somehow...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Some other questions that come to mind:
> > > 
> > > * As a framework for a virus scanner I saw recommendations for amavis
> > >  (http://www.amavis.org ). Any other recomendations? It seems that it is
> > >  at least as good as the others.
> > > 
> > > * I'm currently using PostFix as the MTA. I currently use
> > > postfix-19991231_pl08 from mandrake 7.2 .I saw something in the latest
> > > version regarding content filtering. Worth the upgrade?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Tzafrir Cohen
> > > mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
> > > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
> > > 
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