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2019-03-12 Thread Brian
On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 19:20:34 -0400, deb wrote: > Fortunately Brian has blocked me, Eh? You'll have to explain. -- Brian.

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2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 5:08 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: And yeah, Debian is an upstream distribution, so you will have a lot of people who are being overly purist about Linux solutions, because they have the luxury of working in homogenous environments. Unfortunately a lot of them are lousy communicators.

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2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/12/19 11:05 AM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 15:01:32 (+0100), Mart van de Wege wrote: Stefan Monnier writes: OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe is legitimate. I di

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > I don't follow how this follows from your erroneous attribution. try harder ;-)

Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread David Wright
On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 15:01:32 (+0100), Mart van de Wege wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: > > >> OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of > >> heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe > >> is legitimate. > > > > I did not perceive the OP

Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread Mart van de Wege
Stefan Monnier writes: >> OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of >> heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe >> is legitimate. > > I did not perceive the OP's request to be about the case where you > administer lots of machines and yo

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On Tue 12/Mar/2019 09:39:53 +0100 didier gaumet wrote: > Wikipedia makes a comparison of Linux antivirus: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software#Linux It's astonishing that there is an "Email Security" column, with random yes/no contents. I wrote a note on that: http

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread mick crane
On 2019-03-10 14:58, deb wrote: Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.  * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.  * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just want to check.  * (Clamscan already caught 4 things) I'm of the opinion that window

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-11, deloptes wrote: > Curt wrote: > >> I don't believe he did, actually. I believe that's what Reco wrote. > > but there is no secure OS, as soon as you get connected to the network, and > if you have a server with multiple users ... well. We used to put sensitive > servers in DMZ aside

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread didier gaumet
Wikipedia makes a comparison of Linux antivirus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software#Linux

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Ric Moore
On 3/10/19 3:53 PM, Brian wrote: On Sun 10 Mar 2019 at 13:18:54 -0400, deb wrote: Crumogeon tip: It is no longer 1972.   If you have nothing nice or at least helpful to say on a  USER list, say nothing at all. All the responses were helpful. You just have to fit them into your World View and

Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of > heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe > is legitimate. I did not perceive the OP's request to be about the case where you administer lots of machines and you want to use a Debian machine as

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > I don't believe he did, actually. I believe that's what Reco wrote. but there is no secure OS, as soon as you get connected to the network, and if you have a server with multiple users ... well. We used to put sensitive servers in DMZ aside of the user network - for a good reason.

Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Mart van de Wege
ect). Just that instead of keeping your A/V > up-to-date, the GNU/Linux approach to protecting oneself from attacks is > to keep your OS up-to-date. > > > Stefan > > > PS: I guess that means I should have pointed to `unattended-upgrades` > rather than to `apt` as the

Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> There is a spectrum of Windows software than runs between evil malware > and legitimate programs, it isn't just black and white, and many Agreed, but I doubt A/V software will know where to draw the line. Stefan

Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Joe
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:53:39 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > re: apt solving all? I understand it recently had a long-time > > vulnerability itself... > > Linux will get hit more as it gets more popular. > > My point is not that APT and/or Debian is bullet-proof (I live under > no delusion in

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Joe
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:45:28 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I think the premises of your syllogism might lead some to another > > conclusion---that the livelihood of the AV software houses depends > > upon the innate insecurity of the Windows OS. > > Hmm... they don't actually need that: they

Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
date, the GNU/Linux approach to protecting oneself from attacks is to keep your OS up-to-date. Stefan PS: I guess that means I should have pointed to `unattended-upgrades` rather than to `apt` as the solution that corresponds to an anti-virus.

Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread deb
On 3/10/19 1:33 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: deb writes: Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.   * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.   * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just want to check. When you say going back and forth, do you

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I think the premises of your syllogism might lead some to another > conclusion---that the livelihood of the AV software houses depends upon > the innate insecurity of the Windows OS. Hmm... they don't actually need that: they only need people to think that they're vulnerable (regardless if their

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-11, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS >> and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, >> it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning. > > This is

RE: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Michael Grant
I use clamav along with clamav-unofficial-sigs, Sanesecurity and Securiteinfo (which I pay for) Secondly, I use “Bitdefender Security for Mail Servers – Linux”, again which I pay for. I use clamav-milter and the bdmilterd to scan mail using clamav and Bit Defender. I must say that it was pret

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS > and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, > it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning. This is misleading: all OSes are somewhat insecure, in practice. T

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-11, Paul Sutton wrote: > > On 10/03/2019 15:04, Sven Hartge wrote: >> deb wrote: >> >>> a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond >>>     - chkrootkit >> Useless. >> >>>     - rkhunter >> Crap, unmaintained. >> >> Both tools produce more false positives than finding anyth

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Paul Sutton
On 10/03/2019 15:04, Sven Hartge wrote: > deb wrote: > >> a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond >>     - chkrootkit > Useless. > >>     - rkhunter > Crap, unmaintained. > > Both tools produce more false positives than finding anything, just > creating a false sense of security

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-11, deloptes wrote: > deb wrote: I don't believe he did, actually. I believe that's what Reco wrote. >> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS >> and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, >>

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread deloptes
deb wrote: > Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS > and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, > it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning. If you have windows users in your network, the best is

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread deloptes
deb wrote: > ClamAV I recall 15y ago we integrated kasperky into ClamAV. Easy to integrate and easy to use. Worked great. I left this company couple of years later, but it will not surprise me if they are still using the same setup.

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Brian
On Sun 10 Mar 2019 at 13:18:54 -0400, deb wrote: > I posted a question A/Vs and got negative waves like the below. It only looks "negative" because you have an agenda. I myself thought the responses were reasonable and balanced. > Several people ASS-UMED I was trying to kludge Windows into Linux

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:46:42 + mick crane wrote: > On 2019-03-10 17:13, Joe wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > > >>Hi. > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I thought he was saying the surest approach is n

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Felmon Davis
t;assorted help" Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning. I thought he was saying the surest approach is not touchi

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 05:13:35PM +, Joe wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300 > Reco wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote: > > > > > > > > I thought he was saying the surest approach is not touching Windows > > > with a ten foot pole, > > > >

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread mick crane
On 2019-03-10 17:13, Joe wrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300 Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote: > > I thought he was saying the surest approach is not touching Windows > with a ten foot pole, You're aiming too low. Not touching any non-free O

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
> While bearing in mind that 'free' doesn't mean 'problem-free'. > Remember how many people audited the Heartbleed code before it was > released? Indeed. But it doesn't take more time to update openssl than to update a virus scanner. Stefan

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V. You have it: it's called `apt` (i.e. in the world of Debian, the response to "viruses" is to plug the hole they try to exploit, instead of leaving those holes gaping while wasting resources trying to look for known attacks). >  * (Clamscan already caug

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Mart van de Wege
deb writes: > Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V. > >  * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface. > >  * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 > and just want to check. When you say going back and forth, do you mean over the network? On Linux the be

And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread deb
at least helpful to say on a  USER list, say nothing at all. But you will anyways... "assorted help" Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, it's considered wise here to

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote: > > > > > I thought he was saying the surest approach is not touching Windows > > with a ten foot pole, > > You're aiming too low. Not touching any non-free OS with a ten foot

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Reco
assumption: I do want to run A/V. > >>> [*SNIP*] > >> > >>> b. Does the list keep a ~ "pinned" answer for these kinds of questions? > >> > >> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS > >> and building a

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Curt
keep a ~ "pinned" answer for these kinds of questions? >> >> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS >> and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, >> it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from th

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 10 March 2019 10:58:12 deb wrote: > Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V. > >  * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface. > >  * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 > and just want to check. > >  * (Clamscan already caught 4 things) > > >

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Richard Owlett
ad of taking an insecure OS and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it, it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning. Recommended reading list applicable to Debian?

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Reco
>     - ClamAV Can catch a Windoze virus or two. The intended purpose of clamav is to sit on e-mail relay and scan the mail, which is does fulfill. > b. Does the list keep a ~ "pinned" answer for these kinds of questions? Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of takin

Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread Sven Hartge
deb wrote: > a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond >     - chkrootkit Useless. >     - rkhunter Crap, unmaintained. Both tools produce more false positives than finding anything, just creating a false sense of security while providing no security benefit whatsoever. Grüße,

Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread deb
Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.  * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.  * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just want to check.  * (Clamscan already caught 4 things) a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond   

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

2010-08-05 Thread Eero Volotinen
ing 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 problems we may > encounter. I would like any suggestions as to the best software that ca

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

2010-08-05 Thread Jordon Bedwell
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

2010-08-04 Thread Nuno Magalhães
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

2010-08-04 Thread Brian
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

2010-08-04 Thread Jordon Bedwell
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

2010-08-04 Thread Brian
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

2010-08-04 Thread Michal
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 problems we may encounter. I would like any suggestions as to the best software that can be used either paid for or freeware if

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

2010-08-04 Thread Wolodja Wentland
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 De

Re: Anti virus and Firewall

2010-08-03 Thread Nuno Magalhães
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

2010-08-03 Thread Aaron Toponce
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 r

Anti virus and Firewall

2010-08-03 Thread Tingez Unknown
, sending and receiving files and all other aspects web site related, fast redirect downloading system for game server maps, mods etc., ftp, Big brother bot game server software and game servers of varying games. I am looking for any suggestions regarding Anti virus and firewall software that is

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

2008-10-17 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
gt;>>>> 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 >>>>>>> li

Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

2008-10-17 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> > > 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

2008-10-17 Thread steef
y 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, Windows and a Windows based anti-v

RE: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

2008-10-17 Thread Stackpole, Chris
ince Linux is > > generally slime free are any of the Linux anti-virus solutions robust > > enough to handle Windows? Perhaps I should consider using VM, Windows > > and a Windows based anti-virus? Ideas? > > Did you give clamav a try? It is in the repos. > Avast has a ve

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

2008-10-17 Thread Ron Johnson
oesn'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, Windows and a Windows based anti-virus? Ideas? Did you gi

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

2008-10-17 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
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 >&

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

2008-10-17 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> >> 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

2008-10-17 Thread Ron Johnson
can 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, Windows and a Windows based anti-virus? Ideas? Did you give clamav a try? It is in the repos. >> But can it ru

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

2008-10-16 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
; 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, Windows > >> and a Windows based anti-virus? Ideas? > >

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

2008-10-16 Thread Ron Johnson
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 h

Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

2008-10-16 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
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 usi

Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

2008-10-16 Thread Don Sutter
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, Windows and a Wi

qmail + anti-virus + anti-spam

2007-11-13 Thread Vicente Vives
Hello, I'm migrating an old mail server (qmail) to a new server (new hw). I want to add some anti-spam and anti-virus filter to qmail. I'm thinking about two solutions: - Qmail-ldap + qmail-scanner+clamav+spamassassin - Qmail-ldap + clamsmtp + spampd + iptables What do you think ab

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Grok Mogger wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [*snip*] I looked into this and it turns out that they do have a Linux version available. But apparently only as an rpm. Is there any way to install an rpm on Debian...? I guess a good 2nd question to ask would be, if so, does it seem to work w

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread P. Johnson
Grok Mogger wrote: > Is there any way to install an rpm on Debian...? There's rpm, but alien might be better (since it'll try to convert it to a .deb) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread P. Johnson
steef wrote: > thank you all for your comments. i have decided to install AVG because > i function here as mailserver for two maillistst, from - mostly- > windows_machines via my debian-computer to other (mostly) > windows_machines; with the exception of some french farmers who > installed linux

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
Raquel wrote: On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:11 +0200 steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/17/06 03:21, steef wrote: hi list, AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram > AVG

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:17:05PM +0200, steef wrote: ...well you made your point clear, and convincingly. i *had* clamav installed but did not do with it what is possible, when i read your email well. so: i gonna read the stuff on clamav and make a as

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:17:05PM +0200, steef wrote: > > > ...well you made your point clear, and convincingly. i *had* clamav > installed but did not do with it what is possible, when i read your > email well. > so: i gonna read the stuff on clamav and make a as complete > reconnaissance of

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 18.10.06 17:21, steef wrote: thank you all for your comments. i have decided to install AVG because i function here as mailserver for two maillistst, from - mostly- windows_machines via my debian-computer to other (mostly) windows_machines; with the except

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:21:36PM +0200, steef wrote: P. Johnson wrote: steef wrote: hi list, AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) really need such a program?

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:21:36PM +0200, steef wrote: > P. Johnson wrote: > >steef wrote: > > > > > >>hi list, > >> > >>AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram > >>AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) really need such a program? > >> > > > >Debian has ClamA

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 18.10.06 17:21, steef wrote: > thank you all for your comments. i have decided to install AVG because > i function here as mailserver for two maillistst, from - mostly- > windows_machines via my debian-computer to other (mostly) > windows_machines; with the exception of some french farmers

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
P. Johnson wrote: steef wrote: hi list, AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) really need such a program? Debian has ClamAV, though given that there are a total of 5 unix viruses, and none of them in current ci

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread Raquel
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:11 +0200 steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 10/17/06 03:21, steef wrote: > > > >> hi list, > >> > >> AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' > >anti-virusprogram > AVG. does

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
find their source-code on their webpage. your comments on this topic are highly appreciated, AVG offers a free, limited version of their windows anti-virus program and its actually pretty good (I use it on my wife's win box and I recommend it to my kool-aid drinking friends). It is free, in

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
ce-code on their webpage. your comments on this topic are highly appreciated, AVG offers a free, limited version of their windows anti-virus program and its actually pretty good (I use it on my wife's win box and I recommend it to my kool-aid drinking friends). It is free, in that you do

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread steef
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/17/06 03:21, steef wrote: hi list, AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) really need such a program? and, what is free? i cannot find their source

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread Ron Johnson
; >>> anti-virusprogram AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) >>> really need such a program? and, what is free? i cannot find >>> their source-code on their webpage. >>> >>> your comments on this topic are highly appreciated, >> >> AVG off

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread Grok Mogger
e on their webpage. your comments on this topic are highly appreciated, AVG offers a free, limited version of their windows anti-virus program and its actually pretty good (I use it on my wife's win box and I recommend it to my kool-aid drinking friends). It is free, in that you don'

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-18 Thread P. Johnson
steef wrote: > hi list, > > AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram > AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) really need such a program? Debian has ClamAV, though given that there are a total of 5 unix viruses, and none of them in current circulation, virus scann

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
their webpage. > > your comments on this topic are highly appreciated, AVG offers a free, limited version of their windows anti-virus program and its actually pretty good (I use it on my wife's win box and I recommend it to my kool-aid drinking friends). It is free, in that you don't

Re: AVG anti-virus

2006-10-17 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/17/06 03:21, steef wrote: > hi list, > > AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram > AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) really need such a program? > and, what is free? i cannot find their source-code on their

AVG anti-virus

2006-10-17 Thread steef
hi list, AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch) really need such a program? and, what is free? i cannot find their source-code on their webpage. your comments on this topic are highly appreciated, thanks on the advance

Blueyonder anti-virus notification - [Infected Attachment]

2006-06-30 Thread anti-virus
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2006-05-20 Thread anti-virus
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2006-05-20 Thread anti-virus
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2006-05-19 Thread anti-virus
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Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 17:38 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > On 2006-04-25, Ron Johnson penned: > > > >>On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> > >>>Sure, but I could write a program in COBOL and still load passwords > >>>from a plain text fi

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-25, Roberto C. Sanchez penned: > >>I think you are twisting Ron's point. His original point was that >>some languages (like C/C++) make it possible to have hard to detect >>subtle faults that become security problems. Other languages (like >>COBOL) do away w

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-25, Roberto C. Sanchez penned: > > I think you are twisting Ron's point. His original point was that > some languages (like C/C++) make it possible to have hard to detect > subtle faults that become security problems. Other languages (like > COBOL) do away with those subtle issues. Es

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-25, Ron Johnson penned: > >>On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> >>>Sure, but I could write a program in COBOL and still load passwords >>>from a plain text file stored with wide-open permissions, just for >>>example. >> >>That's will

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-25, Ron Johnson penned: > On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> >> Sure, but I could write a program in COBOL and still load passwords >> from a plain text file stored with wide-open permissions, just for >> example. > > That's willfully stupid programming. Peo

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: > > On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 09:42 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: > >> > > >> > Unless you write with a secure language like COBOL. > >> > >> I'm sure it's possibl

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