Nope, wrong. Once again you're assuming that all your desktops are happily protected and working fine, in fact that every link in the chain is in place and secure. With viruses you cannot ensure that. You have to attack viruses robustly on ALL fronts, with as few assumptions as possible.
The "it will be OK because or desktop PCs are protected" approach is a recipe for disaster. Phil --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Atkinson, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 July 2003 15:50 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > Yes, I see your point, although I'd hope my desktop AV would > catch this > stuff before it reaches the exchange server. > > What I don't like is the burden of a realtime scan on > exchange. Perhaps a > combination of gateway scanning, nightly mailbox scans and > realtime desktop > AV would be sufficient. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Clishe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 July 2003 15:45 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > Do you really think that the *ONLY* possible way a virus can > > get into your Exchange environment is through your SMTP gateway? > > > > Let's say a user uses Outlook to POP an email from their > > personal account into their Exchange mailbox, and that email > > is infected. Or let's say that a user downloads a file from > > the Internet that infects their Exchange mailbox. Now what? > > Since you don't have any mailbox-level virus protection, you > > have to sit there and watch this thing propagate to all your > > users and infect all your mailboxes. > > > > But at least your gateway will clean it before it sends it > > out to your customers. > > > > Jason > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:bounce-exchange- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Atkinson, Daniel > > > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:22 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > why? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jason Clishe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 04 July 2003 15:21 > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > > > It is absolutely essential that you have virus > protection on your > > > > Exchange servers, over and above whatever gateway virus > > protection > > > > you might be running. > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:bounce-exchange- > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Atkinson, Daniel > > > > > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 9:56 AM > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > Well, the linux products do file blocking etc so I don't any > > > > > difference, apart from freeing up tons of CPU cycles on the > > > > exchange > > > > > box and seeing less of that crappy 'retrieving data' > dialog in > > > > > outlook... > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: 04 July 2003 14:19 > > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > > Subject: RE: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm kind of in a similar position, I just can't help but > > > > think that > > > > > > whatever you have at the gateway there's a bit of added > > > > reassurance > > > > > > having something like Scanmail on the Exchange box, given > > > > the file > > > > > > blocking capabilities and all. > > > > > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Paul Hutchings > > > > > > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. > > > > > > Tel: 024 7635 5378, Fax: 024 7635 8378 > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original > > > > > > Message----- > > > > > > > From: Atkinson, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Sent: 04 July 2003 13:08 > > > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > > > Subject: best linux av? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just wondering if anyone has a favourite AV scanner for > > > > linux with > > > > > > > postfix as the mta? our trend renewal is coming > up and i'm > > > > > > > thinking i'd like to remove the CPU burden of AV > > scanning from > > > > > > > the exchange box and put it on our > > > > > > > linux relay which also does the spam filtering. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > dan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > List posting FAQ: > > > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > > > > Web > > > > Interface: > > > > > > > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > > > > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > List posting FAQ: > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > > > Web Interface: > > > > > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > > > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > List posting FAQ: > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > > Web > > Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi- > > > > > bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > List posting FAQ: > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > Web Interface: > > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi- > > > bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
