Re: Anti Virus on Sun Solaris

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:10:34PM +0530, K. K. Mookhey wrote:
> We are looking to implement an AntiVirus Solution for a Sendmail Mail Server
Interscan can be made to work on the same machine as Sendmail. Using IP Filter or SunScreen you should be able to rig something. I'd say Interscan runs on port 25, and Sendmail listening only on localhost, maybe on a port other than 25. Email entering and leaving your network talks to Interscan. Interscan sends the email to Sendmail which then handles the details of where to send the email.

This might get messy. To say the least.

I have been running Amavis, via the magic of milter, happily for the better part of a year.

I'd say if you don't want to run Interscan on another machine, you don't need Intrescan's performance, and the folks at Trend haven't offered any suggestions better than mine; go with Amavis. It will be simpler, *way* simpler.

If you don't mind tossing a Linux (or Solaris) box into the mix, run your mail hub (sendmail) on the Linux box. Interscan can run how it wants to on your Solaris proxy machine, you can still use sendmail how you want to, DNS can be altered so your users are none the wiser, and everybody is happy.

I don't understand where and why the NT box needs to enter the mix. But if you have one, it could be re-installed as a Intel Solaris or Linux box to function as I mentioned above.

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