[lug] Linux Virus Firewall

[Ian Hall-Beyer]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Glenn Ashton wrote:

> I don't know if this is a good idea, but as I am fighting off another
> Oulook virus in our Windows environment I thought of the following.
> What if there was a nice way to have a Linux mailserver upstream of your
> Exchange (yuck) server scan and clean all the viruses from your mail.

> Just wishful thinking I guess.

Glenn, I've seen this sort of setup in several of the places I've worked,
and it seems to be beneficial to have a unix-based "mail proxy".

-Ian

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<cosmo> wow, this is kinda nifty. the win98 protocol stack is 
like a chinese finger puzzle, twist and turn in the right places, 
and it pops right off			--Seen on EFNet IRC