Re: In search of a Linux Virus Scanner

2001-10-01 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:51:31PM -0400, Theodore Knab wrote: With the Nimba virus/worm and the Code Red worm breaking Windows around the globe, I am nervously waiting for the next Linux Worm. It would be more work to make a Linux virus or worm because the designer would have to take care

Re: In search of a Linux Virus Scanner

2001-10-01 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:51:31PM -0400, Theodore Knab wrote: What is being done to protect against this ? apt-get and security.debian.org. When a new exploit is announced, security.debian.org almost always has an updated deb available within a day and this update is announced on the

Re: In search of a Linux Virus Scanner

2001-10-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Dave Sherohman (on Mon, 01 Oct 2001 04:22:04PM -0500): The only virus scanners I am aware of that run under linux are designed to scan for Windows viruses in traffic that the linux server is handling. are there any that can interface with postfix packaged as debian? i can't find

RE: In search of a Linux Virus Scanner

2001-10-01 Thread Mullins, Ron
also sprach Dave Sherohman (on Mon, 01 Oct 2001 04:22:04PM -0500): The only virus scanners I am aware of that run under linux are designed to scan for Windows viruses in traffic that the linux server is handling. McAfee's (NAI) searches for Windows and Unix variants. From the Virus DAT update

Re: In search of a Linux Virus Scanner

2001-10-01 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya theodore... With the Nimba virus/worm and the Code Red worm breaking Windows around the globe, I am nervously waiting for the next Linux Worm. why ??? in the mean time... the script kiddies...with lots of free tme is attacking your PCs with generic scripts that tries to exploit your