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Re: Block
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:23:18 -0600
--On Monday, February 16, 2004 1:48 PM -0500 Matt Kettler <mkettler () evi-inc com> wrote:
I would like to add a caution to this. If you are going to use clamav, do not depend on it as your only gateway defense. Use it as part of a more complete strategy. Recent testing by an authoritative source shows that clamav only catches about 50% of the in-the-wild viruses. (This is really off topic for snort, so if you want to discuss the details, email me off list.)At 11:16 AM 2/16/2004, Israel_Guadalupe_Lopez_Mascorro../Administracion/Jalisco@jalisc wrote:Hi I would like to know if with snort or some plug I can block attacks or virusFor viruses, I'd really recommend NOT using snort to control these... install a copy of clamav or some other virus scanner on your SMTP gateway and make all mail go through it.
Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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