Re: [LUG] Virus scanners??

[Justin Powell <justin.powell1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jody salt wrote:

> Thankyou was helpful!
>
> Its was just that a few years ago I was slapped by the
> slapper worm.... which brings to my next question:
>
> Is there a good mailing list for the notification of
> security holes in GNU software, e.g. apache, samba
> qmail etc....
>
> I guese its just a matter of keeping up with security
> patches.
>
> cheers
>
> Jody
>
>
> --- Ben Goodger <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > In short:
> >
> > - ClamAV (and AVG Linux Mail Server edition) are
> > virus checkers useful
> > for removing Windows virii from emails going through
> > your server
> > (while ClamWin and AVG are checkers for Windows.)
> >
> > - There are no wild virii for Linux, and it would
> > probably not be
> > affected by them anyway.
> >
> > Ergo, virus checking for Linux is redundant, unless
> > you wish to check
> > for virri passing through your mail server, and you
> > are perfectly fine
> > as you are.
> >
> > I do wish such a simple question as this would
> > refrain from developing
> > into an argument from time to time.
> >
> > --
> > ~ Ben Goodger
> >
> > ~ Please remember to FLOSS daily.
> > ~ www.getfirefox.com
> >
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I have signed up to the US-Cert alerts and bulletins which I find
particularly useful.

Here is a link to their latest bulletin to give you a flavour of what
you get for the price of an email:

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB05-131.html


Good value in my humble opinion.

Justin.


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