On 6/13/07, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pick your arguments, and this is one where you can profitably let it pass. There are good open-source ones (such as clam-av), and just say "yep, we've already got that covered, it's in the package *at no extra charge*, including automatic updates".
I stayed out of this business for a good reason, but wouldn't clam-av on s390 primarily check for signatures of found PC virus code? That would imply clam-av (and similar solutions) are meant to run on your mail server before passing e-mail attachments to your clients. Or maybe on a file server to nanny the end-users. We could certainly argue whether the mainframe is the most cost effective place to do this. If you talk about protecting the Linux on z/VM server itself from a possible virus (like you scan your desktops), I'm not aware of someone running a service that collects those and distributes signatures for detection of them. But your virtual machine is a server, not a desktop where all kind of stuff is floating around in uncontrolled manner. You probably do want to keep on level with security fixes from your distributor. That should protect you from possible abuse of the services that your virtual machine provides. Rob
