hola qmailers,
I've been in the archives for a while looking at this previously
discussed topic and would like to make some comments on the typical
responses:
> No virus scanning package would be very efficient without continual updates.
This is the norm for all anti-virus packages and has been for years.
Don't understand where people are pulling that from. What's more most
any server would have continual conectivity, and updates ought to be
fairly transparent.
> Virus scanning should be done on the client machine
This is complete counter logic in my opnion. How can anyone argue that
anit-virus installations, scans, and updates are better done all client
machines when a single installation, scan, and update point is available
on the server?
> Viruses are being increasingly sent as encrypted msgs
Ok, you're got an arguement against server based scanning there, but the
question is; If the virus intially comes out in a pgp message, it will
not be propagated in an encrypted format if the people that resend don't
use pgp. Or an I wrong there?
The final point seems the me the only possible achiles heal of a server
based virus scanning system.
A virus scanning implementation would be extremely valuable, and can't
understand why the qmail community so shuns the idea. I know that the
virus scanning software for NT goes for upwards of $20,000 per
installation. How is it that all you qmail developers have not embraced
this big dollar topic as an opportunity. And the modulatity of qmail -
come on!
Cheers, - eric
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