Re: Shared folders virus protection

["Dennis Lovelady" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Paul:

From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com>
Sent: July 11, 1999 6:42 PM


> You -can- run a 'standard' virus scanner against a shared folder using a
PC
> connected to the folder or to the IFS.

I think the point is being missed.  The best time to scan for a virus, is
as it is potentially being placed onto the system.  *MOST* networking
systems have that capability.  This relieves the pressure of running virus
scanners at each client (I would still recommend that, though).  In some
environments (where files are being served up to people, say, on the
internet... maybe even files that are RECEIVED from unknown parties on the
internet), scanning at the client level is totally out of the control of
those who administer the server; yet the administrators would not want to
be responsible for distributing the naughty code.

There *should* be a way to scan for viri as files are placed into the
shared file system, which is what I think the originator was looking for.
And what I'm reading between the lines is that the AS/400 has no such
offer; it's up to the end user.  Even Novel - heck, even Microsoft allows
for this!  And the AS/400 doesn't?  I sometimes wonder if the powers that
be really think of the AS/400 as a server, or if they're just using the
name.
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Dennis Lovelady                    Fayetteville, GA
mail: dennis@lovelady.com          dennis.e.lovelady@ac.com
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--
"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."
        - Oscar Wilde


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