do you remember what version of ePO ? The 3.6 and earlier IIRC were MMC based, and 4.0 and later (VirusScan 8.5 and newer) were java based. Somewhat different animals.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:48 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > We found that it didn't actually push the clients out as we wanted - > it was quite erratic, and would fail more often than we could tolerate > - and was *very* slow to update client definitions. > > The interface was not intuitive, either. > > It's been about 3 years since I worked with it, so it might have > gotten better, but I still won't recommend it. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 18:13, Mathew Shember > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really? > > > > We found ePO rather easy. What problems did you have with it? > > > > Vipre wasn't available back then so they went with SEP ;) > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 5:24 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: The Security Earthquake That Nobody Felt > > > > We had ePO - it was one of the driving reasons for us to abandon it. > > The other reason was the unreasonable amount of resources the client > sucked out of the workstations. Yet another reason was the price - we got > VIPRE Enterprise for the renewal price of McAfee, and the renewal price on > VIPRE was hard to beat. > > > > Hard to say which reason topped the others - kind of a 3-way tie... > > > > Kurt > > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:56, Mathew Shember < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I guess the snark wasn't obvious. > >> > >> The AV is tolerable as long as you have ePO going. However, my > "enlightenment" happened when there was a fast moving version of sdbot > which snuck by and I had to user higher tiered support. They identified > it with Kaspersky. > >> > >> We were going to use ironmail (another company) but decided against it > after hearing the announcement..... > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:28 PM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: Re: The Security Earthquake That Nobody Felt > >> > >> Well, yes, actually, and they are part of Intel, and have been > acquiring companies for themselves - for instance, Secure Computing a few > years ago, for their Sidewinder firewalls (which are now McAfee Secure > Enterprise Firewalls), among others. > >> > >> I still don't like their AV product, but they haven't yet ruined the > firewall... > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 15:57, Mathew Shember < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> Mcafee is stillll in business? > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 02:46 PM > >>> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: The Security Earthquake That Nobody Felt > >>> > >>> * The Security Earthquake That Nobody Felt > >>> > >>> Wow, this is actually major security news. I found this on the blog > >>> from Coretrace, and they said: "This week, McAfee, one of the two > >>> dominant forces in reactive, blacklist-based endpoint security, > >>> actively and unequivocally endorsed Application Whitelisting. > >>> Ironically, in hard coverage of Symantec's recent problems with > >>> pcAnywhere, the industry is actively recommending application > whitelisting too." Here is the link: > >>> http://www.coretraceblogs.com/2012-01/security-earthquake-that-nobody > >>> - felt-mcafee-endorses-application-whitelisting/ > >>> > >>> So, what is the big news? It turns security on its head. Instead of > >>> keeping bad code out, with application whitelisting (also known as > >>> Application Control) you only allow known-good code to run. That's > >>> really a 180, and very, very interesting from a system admin > perspective. > >>> > >>> I have done some research in this area and have written a whitepaper > >>> about whitelisting, and why as a system admin you should look into > >>> this for the near future. This is a new security layer for your > >>> 'defense-in-depth'. You will hear more from me about whitelisting this > year: > >>> http://www.knowbe4.com/resources/the-endpoint-security-advantages-of- > >>> w hitelisting-a-whitepaper-for-system-administrators/ > >>> > >>> Warm regards, > >>> > >>> Stu > >>> > >>> > >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >>> > >>> --- > >>> To manage subscriptions click here: > >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >>> or send an email to [email protected] > >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > >>> > >>> > >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >>> > >>> --- > >>> To manage subscriptions click here: > >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >>> or send an email to [email protected] > >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > >>> > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> --- > >> To manage subscriptions click here: > >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >> or send an email to [email protected] > >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > >> > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> --- > >> To manage subscriptions click here: > >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >> or send an email to [email protected] > >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
