On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:54:39PM +0200, Juergen Hasch wrote:
It's also interesting that you can download the scan engine and the
virus signature data base from trend micro and use it with the Samba VFS
module without even buying their product :-)
I found no indication on their website
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 04:47:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Point #2 - Server side anti-virus is a good thing, but is not a
substitute for client side anti-virus. Don't think for a moment that
you're safe from viruses because your server is running AV software.
I'm a friend of the
Subject: Re: VFS Virus Scanner idea...
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 04:47:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Point #2 - Server side anti-virus is a good thing, but is not a
substitute for client side anti-virus. Don't think for a moment that
you're safe from viruses because your server
I was at a meeting today and one of the participants came up to me after
the meeting to ask a Samba-related question. The problem he is facing
is that he's got a bunch of Windows clients which are, of course,
vulnerable to viruses and such. During the meeting there was some
discussion of
I manage some NetWare servers. Yes, there is such software. It uses
the File System Event Services API Novell has. Just hooks into every
write, or every read every write (depending on how you configure anti-
virus software).
There are some gotchas when it comes to server based anti-virus.
Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2002 21:30 schrieb Christopher R. Hertel:
I was at a meeting today and one of the participants came up to me after
the meeting to ask a Samba-related question. The problem he is facing
is that he's got a bunch of Windows clients which are, of course,
vulnerable
Kewl. :)
I figured that if I asked around a bit magic would happen. I just found
out about OpenAntiVirus a few minutes ago. Thanks for the pointer!
Chris -)-
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:14:29PM +0200, Juergen Hasch wrote:
Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2002 21:30 schrieb Christopher R.
Ah, I'll clarify...
Point #1 is how it is done on NetWare. The OS has event handlers for
things such as read write requests. The Anti-Virus runs multiple
threads, one of which intercepts all write requests (if you're really
paranoid you can also catch all read requests). The file handle,
Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2002 22:34 schrieb Christopher R. Hertel:
Kewl. :)
I figured that if I asked around a bit magic would happen. I just found
out about OpenAntiVirus a few minutes ago. Thanks for the pointer!
It's also interesting that you can download the scan engine and the
