Anyone who is smart enough to be on this list is smart enough to get some proper virus protection. However it may be the case that some cannot afford commercial liscenses and/or are not aware of the free virus checkers that are available. Since this *is* a list issue, I don't feel that it is off topic to ask for folks to publish various means for such. I did notice that some were available at http://www.utilitygeek.com/ when I was there. Also, is it not true that Samba has some virus protection built in? Anybody else know of some other good places/utilities? Jim C.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:07:56PM -0700, Jim C wrote:> Anyone who is smart enough to be on this list is smart enough to get > some proper virus protection.I use a mutt mailer. Does that count :-). Lets be serious folks. It's not "virus" protection, it's "Microsoft virus" protection. There just *aren't* any other kinds in common distribution. We should call it what it is. Use a Linux or Apple MacOS/x desktop and just ignore these things (and Samba too for that matter :-). Jeremy.
For Linux systems: Clam AntiVirus..free and very effective: http://clamav.elektrapro.com/ -- Bob -- On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Jim C wrote:> Anyone who is smart enough to be on this list is smart enough to get > some proper virus protection. > However it may be the case that some cannot afford commercial liscenses > and/or are not aware of the free virus checkers that are available. > Since this *is* a list issue, I don't feel that it is off topic to ask > for folks to publish various means for such. I did notice that some > were available at http://www.utilitygeek.com/ when I was there. Also, > is it not true that Samba has some virus protection built in? Anybody > else know of some other good places/utilities? > > Jim C.-- ________________________________________ Bob Sully - Simi Valley, California, USA http://www.malibyte.net "The waiting is the hardest part." - T. Petty
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:07:56PM -0700, Jim C wrote:> Anyone who is smart enough to be on this list is smart enough to get > some proper virus protection. > However it may be the case that some cannot afford commercial liscenses > and/or are not aware of the free virus checkers that are available. > Since this *is* a list issue, I don't feel that it is off topic to ask > for folks to publish various means for such. I did notice that some > were available at http://www.utilitygeek.com/ when I was there. Also, > is it not true that Samba has some virus protection built in? Anybody > else know of some other good places/utilities?Actually the main problem I've been seeing is that people have antivirus software, but it's (mis)configured to send replies to the address listed in the "From" header. I think all of the recent Outlook worms have been forging the return address. At least one of the Debian Linux mailing lists is having the same problem, silly autoresponders configured to politely inform the "sender" that they send out a virus/worm, blindly assuming that the From address is correct. -- Michael Heironimus
Thus spake Jim C (jcllings@tsunamicomm.net) [20/08/03 18:10]:> Also, is it not true that Samba has some virus protection built in?/Is/ this true? I'd love to be able to plug in a virus scanner that scans everything as it is written to/read from a share, but I haven't ever seen or heard of anything like this.
Hello, I am looking for a second opinion. When moving a Samba PDC service to a different Linux server (we run Redhat 9 here), would you include anything other than the following: /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow /etc/samba/* Is there anythings else that I should be paying attention to? Thanks for everything. My best, Dan