Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-28 Thread Wojciech Puchar
His problem is that there's a corporate reglementation of what he has to do, which he needs to obey in order to the only cure for such case is changing a job. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 28/07/2012 11:32, Wojciech Puchar wrote: His problem is that there's a corporate reglementation of what he has to do, which he needs to obey in order to the only cure for such case is changing a job. A little drastic perhaps? Company policies can be changed[*]. Cheers,

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-28 Thread Wojciech Puchar
the only cure for such case is changing a job. A little drastic perhaps? Company policies can be changed[*]. depends on the company. But i assumed attempt to point out nonsense of such policy were already done. [*] It's important that the workers believe this. It helps keep them in

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus scanning on FreeBSD? FreeBSD doesn't need this as there are no viruses on that system. And yes, I know that neither FreeBSD nor Solaris are renowned for their sickly vulnerability to viruses, but we operate in a mixed

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Bye
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus scanning on FreeBSD? FreeBSD doesn't need this as there are no viruses on that system. Well, thanks. And yes, I know that neither FreeBSD nor Solaris

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:00:19 +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: All desktops/workstations (that is, all of them, every single one), must have AV software running on them. There will be no exceptions, on pain of dismissal. Why is the AV software running on FreeBSD not sufficient in the opinion of your

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Bye
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:19:45AM -0400, Daniel Feenberg wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus scanning on FreeBSD? FreeBSD doesn't need

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Feenberg
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus scanning on FreeBSD? FreeBSD doesn't need this as there are no viruses on that system. Well, thanks. And yes,

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 7/27/12 1:47 PM, Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:19:45AM -0400, Daniel Feenberg wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus scanning

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Bye
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 01:23:36PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:00:19 +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: All desktops/workstations (that is, all of them, every single one), must have AV software running on them. There will be no exceptions, on pain of dismissal. Why is the AV

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:47:29 +0100 Daniel Bye freebsd-questi...@slightlystrange.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:19:45AM -0400, Daniel Feenberg wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Are there any

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Bye
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 01:52:16PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: FUSE ClamFS Ah, thanks for that. I'll check it out. But then, FUSE... ew... I know. But, if it gets me my workstation... ;-) Dan -- Daniel Bye _

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Bye
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:15:29PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:47:29 +0100 Daniel Bye freebsd-questi...@slightlystrange.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:19:45AM -0400, Daniel Feenberg wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri,

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:38:11 +0100 Daniel Bye freebsd-questi...@slightlystrange.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:15:29PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:47:29 +0100 Daniel Bye freebsd-questi...@slightlystrange.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 07:19:45AM

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 27/07/2012 13:15, Erich Dollansky wrote: You will not find them. The scanners running on FreeBSD are looking for Windows pests. Does it scan for FreeBSD viruses? I would wonder. AV Scanners are looking for the signature of any known malware. The important word there is 'known' -- it's

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Arthur Chance
On 07/27/12 13:14, Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 01:52:16PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: FUSE ClamFS Ah, thanks for that. I'll check it out. But then, FUSE... ew... I know. But, if it gets me my workstation... ;-) The wiki suggests that FUSE might be part of release 10:

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On July 27, 2012 11:43:08 AM +0100 Daniel Bye freebsd-questi...@slightlystrange.org wrote: Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus scanning on FreeBSD? Clamav. I did some testing several years ago with ClamAV, Sophos and McAfee (scanning incoming mail),

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Bye
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:02:26AM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On July 27, 2012 11:43:08 AM +0100 Daniel Bye freebsd-questi...@slightlystrange.org wrote: Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus scanning on FreeBSD? Clamav. I use it on my home mail server

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Mark Felder
Virus scanning should not be your problem. If the Windows users in the organization have an antivirus solution there is no need for you to have one. It doesn't matter if you share files over SAMBA -- when they access the files their virus scanner will check them.

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:10:12 -0500, Mark Felder wrote: Virus scanning should not be your problem. If the Windows users in the organization have an antivirus solution there is no need for you to have one. It doesn't matter if you share files over SAMBA -- when they access the files their

Re: On-access AV scanning

2012-07-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I did some testing several years ago with ClamAV, Sophos and McAfee (scanning incoming mail), and ClamAV was comparable to McAfee in detection rates - over 98%. i use clamav for mail virus checking and IMHO it is the only place where realtime virus checking make sense. some windows users