[Sunhelp] Virus protection in Solaris

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard [mailto:richard at close.u-net.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 2:54 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Virus protection in Solaris
> 
> > Naser Ali wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Everyone,
> > 
> > Do you know if there is virus protection on the Sun Solaris 
> platform?
> > I know Norton has an "AntiVirus" product for Solaris, but can it be
> > installed on the Solaris..?
> 
>  Has anyone come across a virus on Solaris, or any other type of Unix?
> I certainly have never heard of one. I suppose the way Unix 
> is organised
> and the fact that security is taken seriously and buit in means that
> people choose much easier prey like the trash sold by Microshaft. Not
> that I am biased in any way!

There are MANY other reasons to run virus scan on Solaris, or another Unix.
If you're running a fileserver for windows programs, you'll want to scan for
viruses.  You could also run a mail gateway on a Unix machine that would
scan all incoming and/or outgoing emails for viruses.  That said, there
aren't many viruses for *nix because *nix users generally don't execute some
random binary program on their computers.
	Greg