Re: Anti virus and Firewall

2010/8/4 Tingez Unknown : > Hi all Debian people, > > Firstly i am very new to Debian so please excuse me for my lack of > understanding. I have recently got a Dedicated server box for my gaming Clan > and have had Debian 5 64bit installed on it. Now as we will eventually be > using the server for

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On 8/4/2010 12:43 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 10:09:17 -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: Correct. It wouldn't be there in the first place and I don't plan on having my root acoount compromised. Besides, I know my system. Naive but cute you think that though. You obviously don't to the lat

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 18:43, Brian wrote: > Besides, I know my system. Famous last words... ;) -- ()  ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\  ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 10:09:17 -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > Because a rootkit can't remain hidden and inject itself back into the > binary after a "security update" right? Correct. It wouldn't be there in the first place and I don't plan on having my root acoount compromised. Besides, I know

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On 8/4/2010 9:24 AM, Brian wrote: On Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 10:53:42 +0200, Wolodja Wentland wrote: chkrootkit - rootkit detector rkhunter - rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner If ckkrootkit really did detect worms like Lupper, Lion and Adore (as opposed to the false positive

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 10:53:42 +0200, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > chkrootkit - rootkit detector > rkhunter - rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner If ckkrootkit really did detect worms like Lupper, Lion and Adore (as opposed to the false positives both programs appear fond of gener

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On 03/08/10 22:43, Tingez Unknown wrote: Hi all Debian people, Firstly i am very new to Debian so please excuse me for my lack of understanding. I have recently got a Dedicated server box for my gaming Clan and have had Debian 5 64bit installed on it. Now as we will eventually be using the se

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 22:43 +0100, Tingez Unknown wrote: > Firstly i am very new to Debian so please excuse me for my lack of > understanding. Welcome to Debian :) > I am looking for any suggestions regarding Anti virus and firewall software > that is suitable with your Debian 5 64bit operatin

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

Hi, As Aaron Toponce said, most viruses target Windows, but if you share a lot of files it would be nice (for your windows users) to scan them. Try clamav: http://www.clamav.net/ Debian package clamav i tihnk, and it installs freshclam as well for updates. As for firewall, i'm happy with shorewal

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 10:43:05PM +0100, Tingez Unknown wrote: >I am looking for any suggestions regarding Anti virus and firewall >software that is suitable with your Debian 5 64bit operating system. >Wanting to add as much security as possible to our server to reduce any >problem

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

Ron Johnson wrote: > On 10/17/08 02:43, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> On 10/17/08 00:45, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:41:49 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: >> Don Sutter wrot

Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

> > > I will second Avast. You will have to pay for a company use, but they do > have a freebie version that you can use at home. There is not much > difference between the two from what I can tell (in terms of what they > can do). Plus their support has been really helpful when I needed it. > >

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/17/08 02:43, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/17/08 00:45, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:41:49 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Don Sutter wrote: Hi All, I certainly hope the

RE: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

> From: Raj Kiran Grandhi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:35 PM > Don Sutter wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flame war! I would like > > to use Linux to scan Windows drives for viruses. Since Linux is > > generally slime free

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

On 10/17/08 02:43, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/17/08 00:45, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:41:49 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Don Sutter wrote: Hi All, I certainly hope the following doesn't s

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

Ron Johnson wrote: > On 10/17/08 00:45, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: >> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:41:49 -0500 >> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Don Sutter wrote: > Hi All, > > I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flam

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

> >> But can it run stand-alone, to analyze all files in a tree, or plug > >> into Samba, so that all new or modified files get scanned? > >> > > > > Samba shares are just mounted file systems right? So I am sure that > > clamav can simply be used to scan those files in the shares... > > *If* it

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

On 10/17/08 00:45, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:41:49 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Don Sutter wrote: Hi All, I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flame war! I would like to use Linux to scan Windows dri

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:41:49 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > > Don Sutter wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flame war! I would like > >> to use Linux to scan Windows drives for viruses. Since Li

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Don Sutter wrote: Hi All, I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flame war! I would like to use Linux to scan Windows drives for viruses. Since Linux is generally slime free are any of the Linux anti-virus solutions robust enough to handle Win

Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

Don Sutter wrote: Hi All, I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flame war! I would like to use Linux to scan Windows drives for viruses. Since Linux is generally slime free are any of the Linux anti-virus solutions robust enough to handle Windows? Perhaps I should consider using VM, Win

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

MJ Inabnit wrote: > Greetings: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's > rant . However, the > information is dated. I want to thank everyone who took time to respond to this post. It was in

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

Quoting Greg Folkert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > So, as you can see, I still communicate with him. He is very > knowledgeable and sometime overly detailed (which is a very good > problem to have indeed) Thanks. ;-> Yes, I'm aware of the virus essays page (for example) being over-long. Part of the

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:38, David Clymer wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:28, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > On We

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:09:32 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-06, Paul Johnson penned: >> >> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >>> Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. >> >> If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a >> per

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:09:32PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a > > personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) > > > > I wasn't paying terribly close attent

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On 2004-02-06, Paul Johnson penned: > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >> Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. > > If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a > personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) > I wasn

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) - --

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:28, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > > > I have

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last >

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last > > one is Rick's rant > >

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last > one is Rick's rant > . > However, the information is dated. No

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 21:53, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 05:51, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > Greetings: > > > .. and it seems the scanner only works on x86 machines:

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 05:51, MJ Inabnit wrote: > Greetings: HTH Best Regards Wolfgang > Thanks so much. > > Jaye > > Wishing you well. > > _ > Linux.Net -->Open Source to every

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

Jaye writes: > The claim was something along the line of "What if I send you an Email > with an executable attachment like [cd, rm -r]". Are you stupid enough to run it? And even if you are, what makes you think that AV would detect it? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

MJ Inabnit wrote: Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's rant . However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last week where a new Gnu/Linux

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

[Please wrap your lines! It makes it much easier to read, and thus more likely that you'll get a response. Anywhere between 70 and 80 is acceptable; 72 seems to be a nice value.] On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit said > Greetings: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

MJ Inabnit wrote: Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. > The last one is Rick's rant > . > However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last > week where a new Gnu

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 09:17:19PM -0800, Raquel Rice wrote: > Oh gosh! Can you sense that I'm more than a bit nervous about > getting rid of Sendmail and installing Exim? Is it going to be a > giant job? Does 20 minutes sound like a giant job? - -

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:45:38PM -0500, BruceG wrote: > If you decide to go with exim4-heavy-daemon, there is a great tutorial on > getting SpamAssassin going here :http://ursine.ca/~baloo/clamd-exiscan.txt No, no, you can use dman's spamassassin so

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

[posted and mailed] On 12 Dec 2003, Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in linux.debian.user: > Oh gosh! Can you sense that I'm more than a bit nervous about > getting rid of Sendmail and installing Exim? Is it going to be a > giant job? Well, I went for postfix over Exim but it went like th

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

- Original Message - From: "Raquel Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have ClamAV running, just checking files. The documentation which > comes with it says that it shouldn't be run to check email. Is this > real? > > So, I went and got Amavis-ng ... but it wouldn't set up properly to > sc

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

> How does one run it properly with Exim? I had it scanning my MailDir > boxes, and Mutt didn't like it doing that. Things will work better if you scan mail before delivering it to the maildir (or mbox). If you can modify the Exim configuration on your mail server, then try the amavis-ng package

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:09:11PM -0800 or thereabouts, Darik Horn wrote: Hi Darik, > ClamAV is the best virus scanner that is free software. On a > Debian/woody computer, you should use a backport of a recent version > like this: How does one run it properly with Exim? I had it scanning my

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

ClamAV is the best virus scanner that is free software. On a Debian/woody computer, you should use a backport of a recent version like this: http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/woody/clamav/ If you wish to purchase a commercial product, then I would recommend F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux:

Re: Anti-virus for Exim

Mark Maas wrote: Ah yes, I stumbled against that as well.. Solved it by replacing the "localhost" in the exim configuration to "127.0.0.1" Something wrong with the Debian DNS Mark Hmm... strange one, that. It works fine with 127.0.0.1 even though I have an entry for localhost in /etc/host

Re: Anti-virus for Exim

Mark Maas wrote: This should get you going: http://ente.limmat.ch/linux/exim_v3_-_amavisd-new.html Hope it helps, and let me know if it does not... Mark Hi Mark Tried that one but am receiving the same error message you got earlier in the month: "failed to lookup IP address for localhost" How

RE: Anti-virus for Exim

This should get you going: http://ente.limmat.ch/linux/exim_v3_-_amavisd-new.html Hope it helps, and let me know if it does not... Mark -Original Message- From: Greg Bolshaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 11:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anti-virus f

Re: Anti Virus Software

On 19 Jun 2003, Vivek Kumar wrote: > Hi guys, > > Any recommendation for email anti-virus software ?? pick one, none or many from the list http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/AntiVirus c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Anti Virus Software

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:27:24AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Someday some bright cracker is going to figure out how to wrap a > > remote root exploit in an e-mail. Might as well be ready. > > It already happened 15 years ago. I was six and I remember hearing > about it. Well, you should pr

Re: Anti Virus Software

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 04:11:00PM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Someday some bright cracker is going to figure out how to wrap a > remote root exploit in an e-mail. Might as well be ready. It already happened 15 years ago. I was six and I remem

Re: Anti Virus Software

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 03:02:49PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > My opinion only -- if you're not running any services for Windows > clients (email, ftp, file sharing, etc), anti-virus apps just suck up > resources on your Linux box. Perhaps someday viru

Re: Anti Virus Software

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please trim quoted material before posting. On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 11:58:33AM -0700, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > Regarding virus protection under GNU/Linux in general, how essential > is it? Not a problem. Rootkits are a greater issue, but you need to

Re: Anti Virus Software

Quoting M. Kirchhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Regarding virus protection under GNU/Linux in general, how essential is it? I'm > a recent convert from the Microsoft world, where virus protection is essential. > I've also heard reports that virus protection under GNU/Linux isn't as > necessary, as th

Re: Anti Virus Software

M. Kirchhoff wrote: Regarding virus protection under GNU/Linux in general, how essential is it? I'm a recent convert from the Microsoft world, where virus protection is essential. I've also heard reports that virus protection under GNU/Linux isn't as necessary, as the typical user has restricted

Re: Anti Virus Software

Quoting "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi guys, > > > > Any recommendation for email anti-virus software ?? > > > > Thanks a bunch for your help.. > > > > amavisd-new and ClamAV (free in both senses) and H+BEDV's AntiVir and > F-Prot (bo

Re: Anti Virus Software

Quoting Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi guys, > > Any recommendation for email anti-virus software ?? > > Thanks a bunch for your help.. > amavisd-new and ClamAV (free in both senses) and H+BEDV's AntiVir and F-Prot (both zero cost for personal, non-commercial use). All three have progra

Re: Anti-virus for Linux at an ISP

hi ya paulo linux-based/gpl antivirus stuff http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/antivirus.gwif.html antispam stuff http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/antispam.gwif.html have fun alvin On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi all, > I want to ins

Re: Anti-virus for Linux at an ISP

On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:27:27 + Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jamin, > is Open Antivirus mature enough? Like other comercial AV. > TIA,Paulo Henrique > Em Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:12:40 -0500 > Hello, I am by no means a virus ex

Re: Anti-virus for Linux at an ISP

On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:27:27 + Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is Open Antivirus mature enough? Like other comercial AV. I haven't had a problem with them, YMMV. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Anti-virus for Linux at an ISP

IIRC the F-Secure virus scanner can be licensed by host. HTH Martin On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 12:15:59PM +, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi all, > I want to install an anti-virus for Linux for an ISP with 400.000 email >accounts. > I see a lot of anti-virus

Re: Anti-virus for Linux at an ISP

Hi Jamin, is Open Antivirus mature enough? Like other comercial AV. TIA,Paulo Henrique Em Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:12:40 -0500 Jamin W.Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:15:59 + Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira > <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Anti-virus for Linux at an ISP

On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:15:59 + Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > I want to install an anti-virus for Linux for an ISP with 400.000 > email accounts. I see a lot of anti-virus but they are licensed by > user. This is not compat

Re: Anti-virus for Linux at an ISP

Try f-prot, the linux-version is not licensed in this way. See: http://www.f-prot.com/products/fplin.html Victor On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 14:15, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi all, > I want to install an anti-virus for Linux for an ISP with 400.000 email >accounts.

Re: anti-virus

» Assim falou jjj3 em Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 02:31:10PM +: > vcs indicam algum anti-virus free para eu usar no meu Debian 2.2 potato Anti-vírus pra Linux é tao difícil de achar quanto notícias de vírus: quase impossível. -- []'s, francisco m. neto "Calling EMACS