SV: eTrust support

[Anders Andersson, IT]

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Nathan Johanson [mailto:nathan at TCPNETWORKS.NET] 
> Just curious... Have you tried it on RH 9? I have a vague 
> memory of you mentioning that they were "working on" support 
> for RH 9. I'm in the market for a new scanner (given the 
> situation with f-prot), but CA's lagging support for recent 
> OS distributions scares me a little bit. What's their status on this?

They still dont support RH 9.0
I asked them but they couldnt tell, they just said there working on it... Im
on a list that will give me an email asap its done and I promimse I will
tell the rest of you all..... like Alan said.... its hard to find a cheaper
AV

/Anders

> 
> Nathan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Fiebig [mailto:mailscanner at ELKNET.NET] 
> 
> On Aug 7, 2003 Julian said:
> >I've pursuaded it (eTrust) to install on RedHat 8.0 (the 
> patch on CA's
> web site
> >works), and support for it in MailScanner appears to be working just
> fine.
> 
> 
> 
> Just a note:
> 
> This evening I received an email from CA that said they just 
> released free update patches to eTrust to now fully support:
>   Red Hat 8.0
>   Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1
>   SCO Linux 4
>   SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
> 
> Now no extra effort is needed :)
> 
> I was comforted to also see that:
>   "CA is the proud recipient of the "Best Security
>    Solution" award, LinuxWorld Expo & Conference,
>    January, 2003 for eTrust Antivirus v7:"
> 
> Since I installed eTrust along with Julian's beta 4.23-2, it 
> has been working without fault. I've been comparing its 
> 'catches' to ClamAV, and it is catching more viruses. 
> Julian's auto-update is working great too, it just needs the 
> final touches to log successful updates to the log file.
> 
> From my perspective, the second best feature, next to it 
> performing so well, is its cost. $110 buys you a five license 
> version (5 is the smallest they sell), which includes the 
> following versions all in the one package :
>   Linux (valid for workstation or server install)
>   Windows
>   PocketPC
>   Lotus Domino server
>   Microsoft Exchange server
>   Microsoft IIS server
>   Netware Groupwise server
>   Checkpoint Firewall plugin
>   Standalone Gateway server (scans SMTP, HTTP, FTP traffic)
>   Apache RedHat Plugin
> 
> Not bad for $110, you can install one copy with MailScanner, 
> and have 4 copies left to install anywhere you want, from 
> your PDA to your Linux or Microsoft workstations and servers.
> 
> Julian, thanks for the quick implementation with MS!
> 
> -Alan
>