Vexira with MS?

[Nathan Johanson]

Funny, there are some notable scanners missing from the certification
list.
-Nathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Trudeau [mailto:chris at TRUDEAU.ORG] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:13 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Vexira with MS?


be aware that using just ANY AV could be risky...there are a lot of
posts
about the viability and inability of certain vendors to provide
libraries in
a reasonable period of time after an outbreak on this list (see
archives).

Take a look at this site:

http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/antivirus/certifiedproducts.sht
ml

icsalabs..is an extension of TruSecure Corp and they provide a
certification
program for security products including firewalls and VPNS.  Their AV
certification lab is well run and up to date on which products are
certified.  There is certain criteria that the labs requires of member
product vendors such as 24-hour release of signatures and several other
standard requirements.

I have always been a proponent of knowing what I'm buying, so making a
purchasing requirement such as an ISCA certification is an easy
decision.

CT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Candelario" <l_candelario at CRC.UPR.CLU.EDU>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: Vexira with MS?


> Hi all,
>
> I've been following the Virus Scanner Review, since I'd already done
tests
> last year with Red Hat Linux, Sendmail, MailScanner and F-Prot, and
Open
> Webmail for web access, and our campus finally decided to provide mail
> service for our students.  But when checking again costs for an
antivirus
> it's obvious that the companies are seeing that using Linux for mail
servers
> is really catching on, and now instead of a free or low-cost solution,
I'm
> caught with high costs for an  antivirus (we plan on providing service
to
> some 4,000 students, and so far the costs per mailbox are
prohibitive).
>
> Checking around, I saw Vexira
> (http://www.centralcommand.com/vexira_maiarmor_linux.html)
> which offers a Per Domain License of $199 for up to 6,000 mailboxes
for a
> Mail Server, and also offers a File Server/Samba product for $349.95
> (http://www.centralcommand.com/linux_server.html).
>
> Has anyone had any experience with this antivirus?  Seems to be good,
but
> don't know anyone who can give me any insight on whether it's really
that
> good. Any chance that it may later be included with those that work
with
> MailScanner?
>
> Any info/comment/suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Larry