Re: [OT]Proxy Software with multiple dialup numbers

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

"K. C. Li" wrote:
>
> Another benefit of having a Linux gateway is that anti-virus software
may
> be installed there for scanning incoming and outgoing e-mails without
the
> hassle of installing it on each individual PC with the resultant
nightmare
> in regular mass updates.


Please tell me you're joking! Gateway scanners may be good, but they're
not infallible and they offer zero protection to a machine if a virus
gets through. The only safe machine is a virus protected machine behind
a good firewall [properly configured] with regular network analysis.

It's less hassle to update a virus checker every couple of weeks than it
is to have to reconstruct valuable data. And if you don't want to update
the virus checkers manually then why not create a boot script [on the
local machine or if using network login use a netlogon share - or
similar] that checks for an updated version in a preset shared directory
on a server, and runs one if it exists.

Sorry for the 'attack' but the number of times I've been on a client
site with crap all virus protection is unbelievable - the number of
those clients that had a serious virus problem was expected - the cost
to those clients for me to sort the systems and reconstitute data where
required was very very high [I don't offer discounts to fools].


Calum
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