[...] > > As a side note - I've always felt that no matter > what your OS, anti-virus > > software should be installed. Can someone point me > to an Open Source A/V > > application that I can install and run on > OpenSolaris? > > Good luck on that. Unless you're scanning for > viruses in Windows > files that you're storing on your OpenSolaris system, > I don't think > such a thing reasonably exists. > > UNIX isn't Windows.
Within those constraints, clamav is perhaps the obvious choice. (package at blastwave; I wonder why it apparently hasn't just been integrated into either ON or SFW?) There's some interesting discussion about how to use it together with the relatively new VSCAN hooks for live scanning of files: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=185527 Warning: what one really has here is a lot of individual tools. Until and unless someone packages up the glue that ties them all together with sufficient installation and configuration assistance, this will be a non-trivial effort to set up, probably _not_ something a newbie would want to try. There have also been prior discussions about to what degree there's any point to virus scanning on [Open]Solaris, such as http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=129139 I'd summarize that as follows: the strongest case is for email and files stored on a Solaris system that may be accessed by Windows clients. There may well be no signatures or such on file for viruses specifically targeting Solaris, so if that's all you're trying to protect against, such a product may serve little purpose, unless it's updated on a daily basis and would include such a thing if it ever appeared. And anti-virus software by itself is just one tool of an overall plan that includes configuration, regular patching, monitoring, policies, etc. Depending on any one part of the overall approach by itself is more self-delusion than useful security. There are also commercial anti-virus products for Solaris, but they're probably much more expensive than their Windows counterparts (although I recall mention of one or two that were free for personal use, but not which they were). This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
