[Sunhelp] Virus protection in Solaris

Eric Randall randall at csonline.net
Wed Aug 23 10:38:06 CDT 2000


There is an outfit called cybersoft which has a thing called vfind security
toolkit.
 http://www.cyber.com It's not free.

Eric



Magnus Abrante wrote:

> Well, there used to be a company which made anti-virus software for
> Solaris, even if i can't remember its name ;).. But note that this
> software checked for Wintendo viruses.
>
> This is actually quite usefull if you have a Solaris server which
> host accounts / data for wintendo machines. Like mailservers, homeservers
> etc.
>
> >  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!
>
>         //Magnus Abrante
> /* This is my opinion and not the one of my empolyer */
>
> /* Windows Playstation - Unix Workstation */
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