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<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ryan,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
made a few discoveries over the last few weeks since originally posting the
antivirus review...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>F-Secure is does not do per server licensing. See my followup post below.
Another user emailed to tell me that the license agreement does in fact
stipulate a per user license when using the product to scan email. Due to the
ambiguity noted below and cheaper costs elsewhere, I decided against F-Secure.
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<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As for
McAfee, I called NAI directly and also talked to one of their resellers. In both
cases, they assured me that VirusScan for Unix (aka Command LIne) is licensed
per machine. I received a quote from a local reseller in California for a
ridiculously small sum of money. I also downloaded their license agreement
(available on their web site) and wasn't able to ascertain one way or the other
how it is "actually" licensed. Shortly after posting my review, several people
emailed to tell me that they heard exactly the opposite from NAI (or McAfee). I
decided to scratch them off my list at this point.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Personally, we settled for Computer Associates eTrust (a little
over $100 for five machines) and ClamAV. My only issue with eTrust is lack
of support for recent distributions (in particular Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
and Red Hat 9 or Fedora). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Nathan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--Here's a snippet from my previous post regarding
F-Secure--</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=211302919-28112003>I recently posted the results of a
full-scale, commercial anti-virus<BR>review. In that email, I said that F-Secure
had a per-server licensing<BR>model (based on their web site). However (while in
the midst of my<BR>testing phase), I went back to their site and noticed that
they have<BR>switched their licensing model to per user when used to scan email.
<BR><BR>At the time of my review a few weeks ago, F-Secure said this
about<BR>F-Secure AntiVirus for Linux.<BR><BR>==<BR>The command line scanner
provides a versatile and powerful tool that<BR>works both as a user-invoken
command and as a platform for automated<BR>antivirus systems. Detailed reporting
and return codes ensure easy<BR>integration with third party mail scanners such
as AMaViS (A Mail Virus<BR>Scanner). <BR>==<BR><BR>Now, it says
this:<BR><BR>==<BR>In case the product is used to scan e-mail traffic, licensing
is based<BR>on the number of users who have access to the services provided by
the<BR>product. In that case, the customer needs to buy a license for
F-Secure<BR>Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways<BR>==<BR><BR>This means that in the
last month they have gone from per user, to per<BR>server, to per user again. A
follow up with the sales director I was<BR>talking to earlier yielded no
response and no explanations.<BR><BR>In short, it's clear that these guys are in
transition and aren't really<BR>sure how to sell their products. I've scratched
them off my list. For<BR>those of you that can afford this kind of license,
F-Secure does appear<BR>to be a viable product from a technical standpoint since
it incorporate<BR>three different engines into one scanner.<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Ryan Finnesey
[mailto:ryan.finnesey@CORPDSG.COM] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 26,
2003 8:53 PM<BR><B>To:</B> MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<BR><B>Subject:</B>
scanners I have picked?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I need to pick
about four Command Line scanners for a MailScaner deployment and
I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>
was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>reading</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/213.html"><SPAN
lang=en-us><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/213.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> from
that list I have picked F-Secure Anti-Virus for Servers for Linux,
McAfee</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Virus
Scan</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> for Unix,
CA eTrust eTrust</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Antivirus</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> 7.0 and Sophos (I hope I can get some per server
pricing)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>but
then I was also looking at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/88.html"><SPAN
lang=en-us><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/88.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> I do
not see a date on this posting. Do you know if McAfee has updated the
product? I also welcome any comments on the other scanners I have
picked.</FONT></SPAN></P><BR><BR><BR>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I would like to
thank everyone for there time and help.</FONT></SPAN></P><BR><BR><BR>
<P align=left><B><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></B><A name=""><B><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=2>Ryan
Finnesey</FONT></SPAN></B></A><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
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lang=en-us><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Diversified
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