Re: Security issue with MS Exchange and Windows 2003 Server

From: ITTester (ITTester_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:36:02 -0800

Gentlemen,

Thks for your interest to me.

You are almost right on everything.

However, I working on an design area with IT are for them something
unnatural. I have hard time to restrict the mail usage, the internet access
until the last infection. I have obtained a increase for my IT budget but not
enough for whatsoever that I wanted to buy. So please do not shoot the IT
man.

My design peoples will not accept either accept our IT instruction until one
more crash. My 3 directors is a designers in fashion.

Yes, there are security issue caused by the staffs but they hire me to patch
and to repair the damaged - NOT TO PREVENT THE DAMAGE - this is not their
intention.

Sophie is a GNU AV using legally Sophos virus definition. Yes both AVs,
clamav and Sophie is on demand only but these AV are controlled by
Amavisd-new which is similar than GFI ME and Sec compiled together, but free.
All incomming and outcomming mails are send to Amavisd-new first and this
apps will instruction other apps modules as clamav, sophie, spamassassin,
razor, pyzor, dcc, sanitizer to filter the email. They are all on demand
sofware but they will reject any mail that not passing thru the chain.

Yes the GNU are not easy to learn and to handle with an MS environment. but
that the best you can have when you don't have a budget as you gentlemens.

Avast: I am in testing period - I have 2 months to try - until now
everything going more than well on workstation side, I can't give you my
opion on server side yet as I am not in production stage. I will give you
feedback after 2 months. However, I alway thing the besst security is your
LAN user and their IT knowledge. I would like to have more time to do the
prevention but for now I need to finish the hand dirty job before I can move
to the education side.

Thanks gentlemens.

"Leythos" wrote:

> In article <ezwAMrQ9FHA.2792@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
> DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net says...
> > From: "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan>
> >
> > < snip >
> >
> >
> > I let you deal with this gentlemen Leythos.
> >
> > I believe yoy are qualified to steer him in the RIGHT direction for MS Exchange Server AV
> > protection.
> >
> > ClamAV is junk, it is an "On Demand" scanner only has a library 1/5 the size of other AV
> > software vendors.
> > Sophie ? Never heard of it.
> > Avast not a good choice at all.
> >
> > He uses a web site and Bowseing to show protection. He obviously is clueless that Browsing
> > on a server is contrindicated.
> >
> > SAV for MS Echange Server is one of the best, and most often used, Excahnge Server based AV
> > protection software.
> >
> > I'll also see if I can get LanWench into the discussion as she is a MS Exchange Server MVP
>
> It always amazes me at how things can slip through and people claim they
> were protected. In our medical facilities nothing gets through, not even
> Zip files, and most of them have run 2+ years without a compromise and
> no local onsite support. Other locations have been using the same
> methods for 10+ years and are still secure.....
>
> Security is the first consideration - how it impacts the business is
> second and how business processes can CHANGE to work with security
> (without weakening security) is next. In a secure network you don't make
> allowances for the Boss wanting to download MP3's.
>
> --
>
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> remove 999 in order to email me
>

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