18 Feb
2004
18 Feb
'04
9:27 a.m.
I recently got my damned Linux box up and running and fully plan on using
it as a web/email server. Is there a decent and as close to free as
possible (hey, I admit it, I'm poor) antivirus that supports scanning of
email on the server?
-John
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18 Feb
18 Feb
4:23 p.m.
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 15:27, John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
I recently got my damned Linux box up and running and
fully plan on using
it as a web/email server. Is there a decent and as close to free as
possible (hey, I admit it, I'm poor) antivirus that supports scanning of
email on the server?
not that I know of... but if you can get rid of Windows on the desktop
then that pretty much solves the problem too :-)
I just ditch all the virus traffic on the client in the same way that I
do the spam. You could always set up procmail on the server to filter
messages with attachments based on size (or other rules) I suppose, but
maintaining it might be a chore, and it still doesn't solve the problem
if people are sending you binaries that are legitimate but *might* be
infected.
cheers
Jules
7:15 p.m.
If you are feeling brave enough you can:
Configure sendmail to handle your mail properly,
Configure Spam Assassin, and MimeDefang to hook into your email, strip
"bad" attachments, and scan attachments with various Linux virus
scanners.
The sendmail configuration is the worst part. I've still not quite got
it working the way I want it to.
Anyways, the one command line virus scanner I played with was "McAfee
VirusScan Command Line Scanner for Linux"...
Unfortunately, I've seen pricing for McAfee's virus scanner, but should
you want to dink with it, there is a eval available here:
http://www.nai.com/us/downloads/evals/#McAfee
The wife uses Windoze on her Laptop, and I filter all her mail w/ the
above setup. (It mostly works but not completely. :-? )
David
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 17:10, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 15:27, John Boffemmyer IV
wrote:
I recently got my damned Linux box up and running
and fully plan on using
it as a web/email server. Is there a decent and as close to free as
possible (hey, I admit it, I'm poor) antivirus that supports scanning of
email on the server?
not that I know of... but if you can get rid of Windows on the desktop
then that pretty much solves the problem too :-)
I just ditch all the virus traffic on the client in the same way that I
do the spam. You could always set up procmail on the server to filter
messages with attachments based on size (or other rules) I suppose, but
maintaining it might be a chore, and it still doesn't solve the problem
if people are sending you binaries that are legitimate but *might* be
infected.
cheers
Jules
7:42 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great David Holland once stated:
If you are feeling brave enough you can:
Configure sendmail to handle your mail properly,
Configure Spam Assassin, and MimeDefang to hook into your email, strip
"bad" attachments, and scan attachments with various Linux virus
scanners.
The sendmail configuration is the worst part. I've still not quite got
it working the way I want it to.
Skip sendmail. It's a walking security hole just waiting to happen.
Instead try postfix (http://www.postfix.org/). The configuration is way
saner, and it comes with "sendmail" compatible programs so nothing else on
the system has to change (there's still a sendmail executable, a mailq
program, etc). And I think there are more options for anti-spam with
postfix (or at least, easier to integrate) than with sendmail.
-spc (I was finally conviced to switch after I think two sendmail
exploits in a row ... )
8:25 p.m.
New subject: Aargh...It never ends..
Ducking and running as I post this....
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=10&threadID=147374…
ageID=1579357
20 Feb
20 Feb
4:19 p.m.
New subject: Aargh...It never ends..
Ducking and running as I post this....
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=10&threadID=147374…
ageID=1579357
Problem, agreed.
Wasn't it concluded that it took something like 50mA to kill? Soooo... If
we convert our houses to 20KV, we can get
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18 Feb
18 Feb
4:42 p.m.
I would recommend clamav. http://clamav.elektrapro.com
For integration with mail, you can find instructions for using it with
qmail at: http://www.qmailrocks.com
I recently got my damned Linux box up and running and
fully plan on using
it as a web/email server. Is there a decent and as close to free as
possible (hey, I admit it, I'm poor) antivirus that supports scanning of
email on the server?
-John
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Founder, Lead Writer, Tech Analyst
and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies
http://boff-net.dhs.org/index.html
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