Re: OT: Educating users about Security

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Author: Siri Amrit Kaur
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: OT: Educating users about Security
On Monday 15 November 2004 10:47 am, Joseph Toon kindly wrote:
>I setup Postfix with Amavisd-new
>that processes all incoming and outgoing email for spam (spamassassin) and
> viruses (clamav). In addition, Postfix uses dnsrbl lists that rejects known
> spam sites at the connection (about 30% of all incoming email). Amavisd is
> set to auto-quarantine known executable files attached to email and
> notifies me to manually deliver them
>
> AFAIK, the clamav + amavisd blocking of executable attachments has been
> 100% effective in keeping viruses from entering the LAN. On average, 10
> virus emails are stopped per day that would have historically been
> delivered and possibly run by a user.


2 questions about this:

1. If I set up a firewall appliance with IPcop, can I install Postfix, Amavisd
and clamav on it?

2. Would this make it unnecessary to have Norton AV on each WinXP box in the
LAN?

Siri Amrit
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